#effigy

[theancientwayoflife]

~ Male Effigy Cache Figure.

Culture: Muisca

Date: A.D. 1100–1550

Place of Origin: Departments of Cundinamarca & Boyacá, Colombia

Medium: Gold and copper alloy

[morggo]

Midsommar

Pen and ink on Arches paper

5.25 in x 6.5 in (Framed)

For sale here: ko-fi.com/s/68fe782954

[sixteenseveredhands]

500-year-old Snake Figure from Peru (Incan Empire), c. 1450-1532 CE: this fiber craft snake was made from cotton and camelid hair, and it has a total length of 86.4cm (about 34in)

This piece was crafted by shaping a cotton core into the basic form of a snake and then wrapping it in structural cords. Colorful threads were then used to create the surface pattern, producing a zig-zag design that covers most of the snake's body. Some of its facial features were also decorated with embroidery.

A double-braided rope is attached to the distal end of the snake's body, near the tip of its tail, and another rope is attached along the ventral side, where it forms a small loop just behind the snake's lower jaw. Similar features have been found in other serpentine figures from the same region/time period, suggesting that these objects may have been designed for a common purpose.

Very little is known about the original function and significance of these artifacts; they may have been created as decorative elements, costume elements, ceremonial props, toys, gifts, grave goods, or simply as pieces of artwork.

The Metropolitan Museum of Art argues that this figure might have been used as a prop during a particular Andean tradition:

In a ritual combat known as ayllar, snakes made of wool were used as projectiles. This effigy snake may have been worn around the neck—a powerful personal adornment of the paramount Inca and his allies—until it was needed as a weapon. The wearer would then grab the cord, swing the snake, and hurl it in the direction of the opponent. The heavy head would propel the figure forward. The simultaneous release of many would produce a scenario of “flying snakes” thrown at enemies.

The same custom is described in an account from a Spanish chronicler named Cristóbal de Albornoz, who referred to the tradition as "the game of the ayllus and the Amaru" ("El juego de los ayllus y el Amaru").

The image below depicts a very similar artifact from the same region/time period.

Why Indigenous Artifacts Should be Returned to Indigenous Communities.

Sources & More Info:

Metropolitan Museum of Art: Snake Ornament

Serpent Symbology: Representations of Snakes in Art

Journal de la Société des Américanistes: El Juego de los ayllus y el Amaru

Yale University Art Gallery: Votive Fiber Sculpture of an Anaconda

[lividjungle]

Dont look at me

here is the stinker in game for anyone curios

[jeannepompadour]

Tomb of Isabel de Portugal, Queen of Castille in Cartuja de Miraflores, Burgos;  Made by Gil de Siloé, 1490s

[m3dieval]

Some details from the effigy of Sir William Wilcote (1411)

Mostly hoarding these for his livery collar.

[spiderqueenpc]

old effigy drawing

[arthistoryanimalia]

Happy #InternationalDayOfTheSeal ! 🦭

Sea Lion Effigy Stirrup Vessel

Moche, Peru, 50-800 CE (Early Intermediate-Middle Horizon)

Earthenware (Blackware), H: 6 1/4 x W: 9 1/2 x D: 6 1/4 in. (15.9 x 24.1 x 15.9 cm)

The Walters Art Museum 48.2842 https://art.thewalters.org/detail/79387/seal-effigy-stirrup-vessel/

“This vessel shows a swimming sea lion, an animal commonly found on islands in the Pacific Ocean close to Peru. Apart from being an important source of food for Andean people, sea lions commonly swallow beach pebbles, which they later vomit up. These stones were considered to have powerful medicinal qualities, and could be ground to make herbal remedies in ancient Peru.”

🆔 South American Sea Lion (Otaria byronia)

[penumbramewtwos]

Interim 1: Limbo between lives

Yeeeah… That's not food poisoning Okita

Reminder that these interim comics are a lot shorter, and are meant to portray mostly another characters POV during roughly the same time as the previous comic.

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[falcoworks]

Day 26 -- Effigy

Among the superstitious of Stag's Run, the act of throwing a representation of oneself into a body of water was thought to prevent waterborne catastrophes from befalling travelers. These 'drowning dolls' were often sold in seaside towns as macabre souvenirs.

[vox-anglosphere]

The long goodbye - Canada's 2023 coins still bore the Queen's image

[theancientwayoflife]

~ Female effigy cache figure.

Culture: Muisca

Date: A.D. 1100–1550

Place of Origin: Departments of Cundinamarca & Boyacá, Colombia

Medium: Gold and copper alloy

[blackpointgame]

aabon35

[foandgeld]

MALIFAUX: CARRION FATE CARRION EFFIGY AND CARRION EMISSARY

[spacemonolithart]

Connor trying out some new sensations~

A quick fanart for The Clever Magpie's fanfic 'Effigy' !! 💙

As for why he's doing it and why his eyes are not brown, you can find out from the fanfic: https://archiveofourown.org/works/28420686/chapters/69642906

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[jeannepompadour]

Effigy depicting Anna of Poland, Countess of Celje (died 1425)