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Stanford, California: Papua New Guinea Mythical Creature Totems

Forty carved wood totem poles and stone pieces, some 25 feet tall. Animals, people, demons. Carved by ten sculptors from New Guinea in 1994.

Address:
450 Santa Teresa St., Stanford, CA
Directions:
On the campus of Stanford University. On Santa Teresa St. just east of Lomita Drive.
Phone:
650-723-3469
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Papua New Guinea artist sculpture.

Papua New Guinea Mythical Creature Totems

Very cool.

[Shanbirder, 04/13/2013]

Sculpture Garden features 40 wood totem poles and stone renderings of animals, people, and demons. Carved in 1994 by ten Papua New Guinea artists.


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