Effigy Chairs from the Temple of Holmeek

Object/Artifact

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The Civilization of Llhuros

EFFIGY CHAIRS FROM THE TEMPLE OF HOLMEEK | circa1966-71 | Photo by Ann Cady, 2024 | ©2025 Norman Daly Art: Discovered as a group, the large, stylized chairs with curved seats are each painted in a different muted color including dark gray, golden, red, and light gray. They are adorned, for example, by netting and a seashell and a wooden tong-like object. The chairs are arranged to create an intriguing visual effect against a neutral gray background.The objects appear weathered, suggesting antiquity. [1972 Exhibition Catalog] The chairs were carried empty in the actual procession honoring the god Holmeek; the mad Temple Virgins occupied the chairs only during the climax of the ceremony. The chairs were individually decorated as fetishes by the Temple Virgins whose minds and bodies were ravaged during their imprisonment in the months between annual festivities. (see COL.95 - Miniature Model of the Temple of Holmeek )
EFFIGY CHAIRS FROM THE TEMPLE OF HOLMEEK | circa1966-71 | Photo by Ann Cady, 2024 | ©2025 Norman Daly Art

Discovered as a group, the large, stylized chairs with curved seats are each painted in a different muted color including dark gray, golden, red, and light gray. They are adorned, for example, by netting and a seashell and a wooden tong-like object. The chairs are arranged to create an intriguing visual effect against a neutral gray background.The objects appear weathered, suggesting antiquity. [1972 Exhibition Catalog] The chairs were carried empty in the actual procession honoring the god Holmeek; the mad Temple Virgins occupied the chairs only during the climax of the ceremony. The chairs were individually decorated as fetishes by the Temple Virgins whose minds and bodies were ravaged during their imprisonment in the months between annual festivities. (see COL.95 - Miniature Model of the Temple of Holmeek )

Name/Title

Effigy Chairs from the Temple of Holmeek

Entry/Object ID

COL.96

Made/Created

Artist

Norman Daly

Date made

circa 1966 - 1971

Place

Academic Institution

Cornell University

City

Ithaca, New York

Continent

North America

Ethnography

Cultural Region

Region

Asia Minor

Culture/Tribe

Llhuros

Acquisition

Place

City

Ithaca, New York

Continent

North America

Exhibitions

Akron Art Institute (1972)
Cornell University | A.D. White Museum of Art (1972)
Indianapolis Art Museum (1972)
Memorial Art Gallery | University of Rochester (1972)
Roberson Center for Art and Science, Binghamton, NY (1974)
Romische-Germanisches Museum | "Projekt '74" | Cologne Germany (1974)
SUNY Albany | Art Gallery (1973}
University of Pennsylvania Art Museum, Philadelphia (1974)
University of Pennsylvania--Institute of Contemporary Art (1980)

General Notes

Note

Viiben vertebrae and Pruii bird skin ( viiben and pruii were species of Llhuroscian birds).

Note

Styrofoam with faux surface treatment and decorations of shell. beads, netting, wood etc.