Echelle "wagem bilu" ("Echelle des esprits") ·  Mali, Dogon · ID: 3045312

Description

wood, traces of weathering, base

According to a religious belief of the Dogon people, the soul of the head of the clan is preserved inside a clay pot that is placed in a shrine, and small miniature ladders, such as this one, lean against the pot.

This is because when the head of the clan dies, his soul must be able to climb out of its clay pot – with the help of these ladders – so that it may successfully reach the afterlife and the world of its ancestors.

L’objet Echelle “wagem bilu” (“Echelle des esprits”) avec l’ID d’objet 3045312 a fait partie de la vente aux enchères 91e vente aux enchères Tribal Art dans 9 mars 2019. L’objet portant le numéro de lot 111 a atteint un prix de vente de 850 € pour un prix d’adjudication de 800 €.

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