Votive Figure

Object/Artifact

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The Civilization of Llhuros

VOTIVE FIGURE | circa 1960-65 | Photo by Ann Cady, 2024 | ©2026 Norman Daly Art: A sculptural object consisting of a black, slender, elongated metal rod extending vertically from a solid, rectangular black wooden base; atop the rod is a delicate, wishbone-like structure.
VOTIVE FIGURE | circa 1960-65 | Photo by Ann Cady, 2024 | ©2026 Norman Daly Art

A sculptural object consisting of a black, slender, elongated metal rod extending vertically from a solid, rectangular black wooden base; atop the rod is a delicate, wishbone-like structure.

Name/Title

Votive Figure

Entry/Object ID

COL.29

Description

One of the earliest uses of the orant figure, this may be a temple votive inasmuch as home votives were considerably smaller in scale. It is believed to have been used in a religious sett by the Pilkug tribe during the Archaic period in Llhuros.

Category

Archaic, Pilkug

Made/Created

Artist

Norman Daly

Date made

circa 1960 - 1965

Place

Academic Institution

Cornell University

City

Ithaca, New York

Continent

North America

Ethnography

Cultural Region

Region

Asia Minor

Culture/Tribe

Llhuros

Dimensions

Height

47 in

Height

46-1/2 in

Width

8-3/4 in

Depth

3-5/8 in

Materials

Material

Metal

Material Notes

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

Acquisition

Notes

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

Web Links and URLs

Construction - 1961 A.D. White Museum of Art (exhibit view), Construction - 1965 A.D. White Museum of Art Exhibition (exhibit view)

Exhibitions

Akron Art Institute (1972)
Cornell University | A.D. White Museum of Art (1965)
Cornell University | A.D. White Museum of Art (1972)
Cornell University, Herbert F. Johnson Museum of Art (2004)
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)
University of Pennsylvania Art Museum, Philadelphia (1974)
SUNY Albany | Art Gallery (1973}