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20th C. Dogon Wooden Votive Ladder

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Description

100% of the Hammer price of all lots sold in this auction will be donated to Community Food Share by Artemis Gallery. $1.00 = 3 meals!

**Originally Listed At $150**

West Africa, Mali, Dogon, ca. first half of the 20th century CE. A hand-carved wooden stick with nine small notches carved onto the front side. The lower tip of the stick is rounded, and a pair of small 'arms' projects from atop the body. Votive ladders like this were leaned against the family altar, wherein the spirit of the ancestral head would lie, so that the chiefs of the family as well as the spirits of their deceased ancestors could climb the notches in order to reach the realm of the afterlife. Size: 3.5" W x 15.1" H (8.9 cm x 38.4 cm); 15.375" H (39.1 cm) on included custom stand.

Provenance: ex-private Helms collection, Boston, Massachusetts, USA

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#137027

Condition

Small abrasions to body, base, and upper arms, otherwise intact and very good. Nice earthen deposits throughout.

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