Petroglyph with Stilt-Walker

Object/Artifact

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The Civilization of Llhuros

PETROGLYPH WITH STILT-WALKER | circa 1966-71 | Photo by Ann Cady, 2024 | ©2026 Norman Daly Art: A fragmented, weathered stone tablet featuring ancient inscriptions with faint and irregular markings, its surface cracked in places, on a flat dark surface, hinting at its historical significance and age. It appears to depict a crude image of a stilt walker and Llhuroscian cuneiform.
PETROGLYPH WITH STILT-WALKER | circa 1966-71 | Photo by Ann Cady, 2024 | ©2026 Norman Daly Art

A fragmented, weathered stone tablet featuring ancient inscriptions with faint and irregular markings, its surface cracked in places, on a flat dark surface, hinting at its historical significance and age. It appears to depict a crude image of a stilt walker and Llhuroscian cuneiform.

Name/Title

Petroglyph with Stilt-Walker

Entry/Object ID

COL.19

Description

This petroglyph accompanies the earliest extant image of a stilt-walker, which is clearly incised in the left section. Translated by Nils Schilaneder, the axiom on the right offered an insight typical of the cautious people of Vanibo, "It is wiser to fondle a viper than believe a reflection in a troubled pool" (<em>Lebende Symbole,</em> p.60).

Category

Early Archaic

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

Dimensions

Height

9-1/4 in

Width

21-1/2 in

Depth

1-5/8 in

Material

Incised stone (broken)

Acquisition

Notes

This object is a unique element of the "Civilization of Llhuros" collection given to the Cornell University Anthropology Collaboratory in 2025.

Web Links and URLs

Read and Listen to "The Good Pilgrim"

Exhibitions

Akron Art Institute (1972)
Cornell University | A.D. White Museum of Art (1972)
Indianapolis Art Museum (1972)
Istanbul Biennial, 16th | "The Seventh Continent" (2019)
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)