Echelle de l'âme "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.