[Zope] How to access object directly

How do I get a Zope object stored in the database given its path, let's say "\folder1\folder2\image" from inside an external function or product method? Something like object = BOBO_machinery (path) Of course I could use self.folder1.folder2.image due to aquisition, but only if the names are unique on the object's path. In the moment I'm about to use something like from Main import app path = string.split (path, "/") object = reduce (getattr, path, app) but this is not very nice. I'm sure there is a simpler solution. Stefan