Lot 9: Terry Berkowitz

PHOTOGRAPH PYRAMID Inscribed SITE OF THE HISTORIC FIND AS SEEN FROM A DISTANCE OF THREE MILES. SOME OF THE PRICELESS RELICS FOUND WITHIN ARE THOUGHT TO BE RELIQUARIES. THERE ARE SIGNS THAT THIS WAS THE RESTING PLACE OF THE GREAT KING -- A TWO-PRONGED SNAKE-LIKE PROTRUSION, BELIEVED TO BE A RELIGIOUS SYMBOL, IS ATTACHED TO MANY OF THE OBJECTS. THIS SYMBOL "OR PLUG" AS IT WAS CALLED, BECAME THE FOCAL POINT FOR AN ANCIENT CULT. WORSHIP TOOK THE FORM OF MAGICAL RITES CELEBRATING THE INGESTION OF THE DAY DIETY BY THE NIGHT DIETY. Photo collage on paper 22 1/2 x 29 1/2 inches.