Carved Collection (page 22)

Kon-Tiki Museum
A Viking ship, carved monolith and famous raft the Kon-Tiki, at the museum in Oslo. Thor Heyerdahl sailed across the Pacific on the Kon-tiki in 1947. Date: 1960s

Baalbek - Cornice of the colonnade of the Temple of Jupiter
Lebanon - Baalbek - Cornice of the colonnade of the Temple of Jupiter with the head of a lion. Built by the Romans on the site of the ancient city of Baalbek, formerly known as Heliopolis

New Zealand - Maori Te Arawa Woman
Woman of the Te Arawa people, based in the Rotorua and Bay of Plenty areas of New Zealand. She is holding a Maori Greenstone Pounamu Mere Club

British Columbia Indian Shaman in full fur attire, standing with totemic wooden carved objects outside his canvas abode. Date: circa 1910s

Pompeii Election Poster
An election poster, carved into a wall at Pompeii, Italy. Date: 1st century A.D

Bali Temple Figure
The carved head of a Hindu temple figure at Bali, Indonesia. Date: 1930s

GIPSY READING WAGGON
This gaily painted and elaborately carved gipsy wagon wagon is known as a Reading Wagon. Date: mid 19th century

Durham Cathedral Corbels
Comical Corbels - some of the faces carved into the corbels above the Chapter House of Durham Cathedral, built between 1093 and 1133. Date: 12th century

Fountain of the Written Stone, Cordova, Spain
Fountain of the Written Stone, Cordova, Andalusia, Spain Date: circa 1910s

The font in the Church of St Martins, Canterbury
The Norman font in the Church of St Martins, Canterbury, Kent, England - the oldest English parish church in continual use. It was here that St

Carved Korean Mountain Gods at the roadside. Date: 1909

Kashmir Walnut & Copper Carving, India
A highly-skilled craftsman producing carvings in copper and walnut wood - Kashmir, India. Date: 1910s

Confessional, Ettal Monastery, Upper Bavaria, Germany
View of an ornate confessional at Ettal Monastery, Upper Bavaria, Germany. This Benedictine monastery was founded in 1330, the first phase of building took place between 1330 and 1370

Young Victorian woman sitting on a chaise longue
A young Victorian woman poses for her photograph in the studio, sitting on an ornate chaise longue. She is wearing a dress with a high collar, and buttons at the front

Little Victorian girl in white lacy dress
A sweet little Victorian girl poses in the photographers studio, wearing a white lacy dress. She is sitting on an ornately carved wooden table, and resting her hand on the back of a chair

Garden at Heronden, Tenterden, Kent
View of a garden at Heronden, Tenterden, Kent. An ornamental bird bath is at the centre, with paths, flowerbeds and grass surrounding it

Edwardian girl with a doll
An Edwardian girl sits in an ornate wooden chair holding her doll

Young man with book and table, Mid Wales
A young man poses in the photographers studio, Mid Wales, with a book on a table on the left, and a carved chair on the right. There is a painted backdrop behind him of a lake and mountains

View of Gloucester Cathedral, Gloucestershire, from the south west, showing one of the ornately carved gothic doorways, with statues of saints in niches above

Gower Tomb, St Davids Cathedral, South Wales
The ornate tomb of Bishop Henry Gower (1328-1347) in St Davids Cathedral, St David s, Pembrokeshire, South Wales. Gower was one of the main builders of the Cathedral, and of the nearby Bishops Palace

Choir stall, St Davids Cathedral, St Davids, South Wales
A choir stall in St Davids Cathedral, St David s, Pembrokeshire, South Wales, dating from the late 15th to early 16th century. The Cathedral itself dates from the 12th century

Italy - Sicilian Donkey Wagon (Carro)
Italy - A beautifully decorated Sicilian Donkey Wagon (Carro) with a load of children!

Entrance to Royal Palace, Angkor Thom, Cambodia
Figures carved in stone at the main entrance to the Royal Palace at Angkor Thom, Siem Reap, Cambodia. The palace was built in the 10th and 11th centuries

Relief carvings, Wat Bayon temple, Angkor Thom, Cambodia
Relief carvings at the Wat Bayon Khmer Buddhist temple at Angkor Thom, Siem Reap, Cambodia, built in the late 12th and early 13th centuries

Stone relief at Wat Bayon temple, Angkor Thom, Cambodia
A stone relief carving at the entrance to the Wat Bayon Khmer Buddhist temple at Angkor Thom, Siem Reap, Cambodia, built in the late 12th and early 13th centuries

Detail of carving, Wat Bayon temple, Angkor Thom, Cambodia
Detail of the carving of a large human face at the Wat Bayon Khmer Buddhist temple at Angkor Thom, Siem Reap, Cambodia, built in the late 12th and early 13th centuries

North Pagoda, Falun Temple, Shenyang, Liaoning Province, Chi
View of the North Pagoda of the Falun Temple at Shenyang, Liaoning Province, China, built in 1643

Buddhas at Yungang Caves, Datong, Shanxi, China
Two Buddha statues of varying size carved from the rock at the Yungang (Cloud Ridge) Caves or Grottoes in Datong, Shanxi Province, in the Peoples Republic of China

Da Zhao Temple, Hohhot, Inner Mongolia, China
Part of the Da Zhao Temple (meaning Infinite Temple), a Buddhist monastery at Hohhot, Inner Mongolia, in the Peoples Republic of China

Music sheet cover for I Would Not Have Thee, Call Me Back, a ballad with words by H Tolkien and music by G Tolkien. A lady of the Restoration period is depicted in a garden with her King Charles

Maori carving, Coromandel, North Island, New Zealand
A Maori carving over the entrance to a Marae (meeting place or house) in Kennedy Bay, Coromandel, North Island, New Zealand

Norway - Houses at the Norwegian Folk Museum
Norway - Wooden houses at the Norwegian Folk Museum

Czech Republic - Promoting Sokol Rally 1920s
A rally to promoting public exercise as a way to stimulate national self importance (through organised gymnastic and athletic demonstrations - usually mass-participation)

Mermaid of Zennor pew, Zennor Church, Cornwall
Canon Cotter stands in the pulpit in Zennor Church, near St Ives, Cornwall, near the Mermaid of Zennor pew, on the end of which is carved a mermaid with long flowing hair

A Burmese Lady
A pretty girl from Burma (modern Myanmar), seated in an elegant and decorative carved chair and holding a dark parasol. She has long dark hair and many metal bracelets on each arm

Middle-aged Victorian woman
A middle-aged Victorian woman poses in the photographers studio, leaning on the back of a chair, on the seat of which a small dog is sitting

Rotheneuf, France - Emerald Coast - The Rock Carvings
Rotheneuf, France - The Emerald Coast - The Rock Carvings. The village is a seaside resort but is famous for its sculpted rocks, " rochers sculpts"

Ornate building in Madhya Pradesh, Central India
The ornately carved entrance to a building in Madhya Pradesh, Central India. Photograph by Ralph Ponsonby Watts

Carved gateway to Stupa at Sanchi, Madhya Pradesh
An ornately carved gateway to the Stupa at Sanchi, a small village in the province of Madhya Pradesh, Central India. The Stupa is a large hemispherical dome with a central chamber containing relics

Detail of a carving on the Stupa at Sanchi, Central India
Detail of a carving of a human figure on the Stupa at Sanchi, Madhya Pradesh Province, Central India. Photograph by Ralph Ponsonby Watts

Cradle of Henry V, donated by George V
The cradle of Henry V, donated by George V to the New London Museum, which opened in Kensington Palace in 1912. Prior to this, the cradle was at Windsor Castle

Coronation Chair, Westminster Abbey, London
The Coronation Chair, also known as King Edwards Chair, in Westminster Abbey, London, shortly before the coronation of King George V

Turkish Woman in their wagon
Turkish women with attendants in their traditional covered (and lavishly decorated) wagon, drawn by oxen

Istanbul - Ancient Fountain at Scutari (Uskudar)

A tourist before an elaborate Turkish carved alcove, showing fine technique in relief work and beautiful sculpted patternation

The Column of Theodosius - Constantinople

Harry Price and C. E. M. Joad lying in and investigating a s
Photograph of Harry Price and C. E. M. Joad lying in and investigating a sixteenth-century carved walnut bed, alleged to be haunted, at a private museum in Chiswick, 15 September 1932. HPG/1/12/2

Shakespeare statuette
A Shakespeare statuette made of mulberry wood, 15 inches high, believed to be early 17th century. It was on sale at Sotheby s, 14 July (year unknown), and was the property of Hugh Blaker (1873-1936)

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