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The Sacred Cod is a four-foot-eleven-inch (150 cm) carved-wood effigy of an Atlantic codfish, painted to the life, hanging in the House of Representatives chamber of Boston's Massachusetts State House—"a memorial of the importance of the Cod-Fishery to the welfare of this Commonwealth" (i.e. Massachusetts, of which cod is officially the "historic and continuing symbol"). [2]
Particularly impressive is a 66 cm tall carving of an eagle. ... wood carving, Key Marco, Florida. ... height: 43 cm (1 ft 5 in.); National Museum of Anthropology ...
The largest sculptures stand over 20 feet (6.1 m) in height, with some exceeding 50 feet (15 m). When discussing his interpretation of what to sculpt for his Winslow, Arizona, project, Toth had this to say: "I study the Indians of the area, then visualize an Indian within the log. It is a composite of all the native people of the state." [2]
[1] [2] The sculptures range in height from 20 to 40 feet (6.1 to 12.2 m), and are between 8 and 10 feet (2.4 and 3.0 m) in diameter. [3] In 2009, there were 74 Whispering Giants , [ 2 ] with at least one in each of the 50 U.S. states , as well as in Ontario and Manitoba , Canada , [ 3 ] and one in Hungary . [ 4 ]
Carving [127] 1935 African wood H 40.6 LH 160 Image online [129] Sculpture [127] 1934 Ironstone H 17.8 LH 145 Image online [130] Carving [127] 1934 African wonder stone H 10.2 LH 142 Image online [131] Hole and Lump [132] 1934 Elm wood H 68.6 Henry Moore Foundation LH 154a Image online [133] Carving [132] 1935 Walnut wood H 96.5 Henry Moore ...
It consisted of a tall screen about thirty feet. high, on the top of which rested a loft, i.e. a platform rood about 6 ft (1.8 m). in width guarded on either side by a gallery screen, and either on the top or in front of that, facing the nave, was placed the rood, i.e. a large crucifix with figures of St Mary and St John on either side.