Notched Log Ladder

Instead of boards and nails, footholds were simply cut, step by step, into one log — the household's simplest answer for reaching the loft or the high shelf.

The hollows polished by decades of toes, the long vertical cracks: leaned against a wall, it changes the expression of a room by itself.

Related Objects in Museum Collections

A few related objects found on Korea’s e-Museum by searching for “사다리”. Comparing their forms is a quiet pleasure.