Votive Figure

Object/Artifact

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The Civilization of Llhuros

VOTIVE FIGURE | circa 1966-71 | Photo by Ann Cady, 2024 | ©2026 Norman Daly Art: An enigmatic and dramatic object, crafted from metal, featuring a central snaking, spiral element that is flanked by two straight rods, all mounted on a sturdy base adorned with radial, spike-like extensions.
VOTIVE FIGURE | circa 1966-71 | Photo by Ann Cady, 2024 | ©2026 Norman Daly Art

An enigmatic and dramatic object, crafted from metal, featuring a central snaking, spiral element that is flanked by two straight rods, all mounted on a sturdy base adorned with radial, spike-like extensions.

Name/Title

Votive Figure

Entry/Object ID

COL.57

Description

Phillip Ewing-Kershaw, who translated the senberien, finds the votive too large for home use. He believes the impaled torsion of the icon echoes the traumatic experience which was demanded of every eldest son in the Pilkug group.

Category

Late Archaic (Lamplӧ), Pilkug

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

59-1/2 in

Width

15-1/2 in

Depth

14 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

Read and Listen to the "Recitative for the Eldest Son"

Exhibitions

Akron Art Institute (1972)
Cornell University | A.D. White Museum of Art (1972)
Cornell University, Herbert F. Johnson Museum of Art (2004)
Indianapolis Art Museum (1972)
Romische-Germanisches Museum | "Projekt '74" | Cologne Germany (1974)
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)