Soul ladder "wagem bilu" ·  Mali, Dogon · ID: 3047127

Description

wood, encrusted patina, base

These small ladders are leaned against clay pots, in which - according to the Dogon belief - the soul of the head of the clan is kept.

When he dies, his soul is supposed to leave the clay pot with the help of the ladder, in order to make its way into the hereafter, into the world of the ancestors.

The object Soul ladder “wagem bilu” with the object ID 3047127 was last part of the auction 95th Tribal Art Auction at October 24, 2020 on Zemanek-Münster Auction house. The object with the lot number 131 achieved a sales price of EUR 400.

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