Votive

Object/Artifact

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The Civilization of Llhuros

VOTIVE | circa 1966-71 | Photo by Ann Cady, 2024 | ©2026 Norman Daly Art: The image depicts an artifact reminiscent of a 20th-century coal iron, featuring a pointed top with vertical slats much like prison bars, resting on a tall black rectangular base; unusual brass or gold shapes are visible behind the bars.
VOTIVE | circa 1966-71 | Photo by Ann Cady, 2024 | ©2026 Norman Daly Art

The image depicts an artifact reminiscent of a 20th-century coal iron, featuring a pointed top with vertical slats much like prison bars, resting on a tall black rectangular base; unusual brass or gold shapes are visible behind the bars.

Name/Title

Votive

Entry/Object ID

COL.62

Description

Kenneth Bearing assumes this to be a temple votive containing an "imprisoned" image of a minor deity who incurred the strong disapproval of believers (Ammal Report, p. 39). But Maurice Peyrefitte's suggestion that it may be a votive of the anchorite Ur Ur cannot be disregarded (<em>Des Recherches iconographiques sur les peoples de Llhuros de la collection d'antiquités du Comte de Thouvenot,</em> p. 142). Lent by Count Michel Thouvenot, Paris.

Category

Late Archaic (Lamplӧ), 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

15-1/2 in

Width

7 in

Depth

7 in

Materials

Material

Metal

Material Notes

Fictional (and actual) medium as described by Norman Daly in the catalog and exhibition tags.

Acquisition

Notes

This object is a unique element of the "Civilization of Llhuros" collection given to the Cornell University Anthropology Collaboratory in 2026.

Exhibitions

Akron Art Institute (1972)
Cornell University | A.D. White Museum of Art (1972)
Cornell University, Herbert F. Johnson Museum of Art (2004)
Istanbul Biennial, 16th | "The Seventh Continent" (2019)
La Panacée, centre d'art contemporain | "Plurivers" | Montpellier, France (2017-18)
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)
University of Pennsylvania Art Museum, Philadelphia (1974)