Symbolizing the utility ladder, in a miniature round image, this votive one was used on family altars intended for ancestors' cult. It symbolizes the steps that they have to climb to reach the deceased world. In the same way as ancestor statuettes and others ritual items, it was destinated for the repose of the dead ancestors' souls.

16^th / 18^th century.

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