Small Mace

Object/Artifact

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The Civilization of Llhuros

SMALL MACE | 1966-71 | Photo by Ann Cady, 2024 | ©2026 Norman Daly Art: A dark, weathered, cylindrical wood object with a black rustic finish, having a smooth wooden knob on top and two horizontal, similarly-textured, rectangular wood handles flanking its sides, creating a symmetric and robust appearance.
SMALL MACE | 1966-71 | Photo by Ann Cady, 2024 | ©2026 Norman Daly Art

A dark, weathered, cylindrical wood object with a black rustic finish, having a smooth wooden knob on top and two horizontal, similarly-textured, rectangular wood handles flanking its sides, creating a symmetric and robust appearance.

Name/Title

Small Mace

Entry/Object ID

COL.44

Description

This small mace from the Archaic period, found in the Vanibo regime, was used in religious events such as the Procession to Holmeek.

Category

Archaic, Vanibo

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

16-1/2 in

Width

8-1/4 in

Depth

2-1/8 in

Materials

Material

Wood

Material Notes

Fictional medium as described by Norman Daly in the 1972 catalog and exhibition tags (1972-2019)

Acquisition

Notes

David Daly made a gift of "The CIvilization of Llhuros" to the Cornell Anthropology Collaboratory.

Exhibitions

Akron Art Institute (1972)
Cornell University, Herbert F. Johnson Museum of Art (2004)
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)