Big Island, Hawaii - 6/17/11 -6/26/11
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Day 7 - Museum walkway continuation
The tram stopping at one of the station. |
Beautiful vista... |
Water canal |
Painted by McGovney Hansen -1990 |
Narayana, Incarnate of Vishnu-Thailand Narayana is an earthly embodiment or incarnate of the Hindu god Vishu. This Bronze sculpture is representative of the 19th century Bangkok Style. |
Winged lion? sitting in the garden |
Harikara is an image that contains the qualities of the god Shiva and Vishau From Thailand |
Buddha head |
Different Buddha style from Thailand.
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Standing Buddha, Burma
This is an example of an 18th century styled Burmese standing Jambupati (princely) Buddha. The Buddha's hand gesture is one of reassurance and the dispelled of fear.
A Buddha statue placed in the garden. |
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Huge vases adorning the hallway |
Hand crafted wooden door from Burma |
Hand carved wooden chair from Burma |
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Japanese festival Dolls, Japan
More Japanese Festival dolls
ZEN GARDEN
A little water fall nestled in a corner of a wall. |
Japanese walkway bridge. |
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This place is tranquil and relaxing.
Japanese house in the pond.
Water lilies in the pond.
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Huge Koi fish in the pond. You can feed them if you have any fish food!
A Japanese Temple guardian Wooden temple guardian is a reproduction of the ones carved by sculptor Unkei for the south gate of the great temple of Todai-Ji in Nara, Japan. The originals were produced during the Kamakura period (1183-1333 AD) and were almost 30 feet tall. |
Elephant carved in wood. |
Three Bodhisattvas, Burma
The three carved wooden statues are representative of the bodhisattvas who, upon reaching the final stage of enlightenment, postpone entering Nirvana to help teach and guide all humankind to salvation
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