mile-measuring carriage is painted red, with pictures of flowers and birds on the four sides, and constructed in two storeys, handsomely adorned with carvings.

The carvings on the totem pole represent four figures from North American First Nations legend: at the top sits Raven, the trickster and creator deity ; he sits on the head of Sunman, who has outstretched arms representing the rays of the sun and who wears a copper ( a type of ceremonial skirt ); Sunman stands on the fearsome witch-spirit Dzunukwa ; at the base is the two-headed warrior sea-serpent, Sisiutl, who has upstretched wings.

On Sydney's General Post Office at 1 Martin Place, on the Pitt Street side arches of the building, there are carvings of four of New South Wales governors including Sir Hercules.

The carvings are damaged substantially ; only one of Shiva ’ s four hands is fully seen and the right leg is missing.

At the entrance to these enclosures, from the eastern end, is the " Hall of Dancers ", which has four open courtyards and the pillars have fine carvings of apsaras.

The carvings depict the figures of Christ and the four major prophets: Isaiah, Jeremiah, Ezechiel and Daniel.

A castle-like Art Deco building, surrounded by roads on all four sides, the former bank was built by the engineers Whinney, Son & Austen Hall between 1933 and 1935 and features carvings by the local sculptor John Ashton Floyd.

The main doorways sport large carvings of angels and the four evangelists symbolised by a man, an eagle, a bull and a lion.

Some of these houses, especially along the waterfront, are more elaborate than others and include three or four floors and also intricate stone carvings.

He discovers carvings of swordplay techniques in a cave and practises them, unknowingly familiarising himself with not only the skills of the other four sword sects, but the counter moves as well.

The carvings was divided into four separate groups by Knut Helskog.

For about four years, Landis was the only nickel carver creating superior carvings, at the rate of only one to two dozen per year ( all signed, numbered, and dated ).

The Thomas Crane Public Library was built in four stages: the original building ( 1882 ) by architect H. H. Richardson ; an additional ell with stack space and stained glass ( 1908 ) by William Martin Aiken in Richardson's style ; a major expansion ( 1939 ) by architects Paul A. and Carroll Coletti, with stone carvings by sculptor Joseph A. Coletti of Quincy ; and a recent addition ( 2001 ) by Boston architects Childs, Bertman, and Tseckares, which doubled the size of the library.

Her symbol, found on many ancient stone carvings, appears as a trapezium ( trapezoid ) closed by a horizontal line at the top and surmounted in the middle by a circle: the horizontal arm is often terminated either by two short upright lines at right angles to it or by hooks.

Some of the oldest rock carvings at Alta ( 4200 – 500 BC ) have mysterious images, including intricate patterns of horizontal and vertical lines sometimes explained as fishing nets.

The geometric ornaments, spindles, low relief carvings, and incised lines were designed to be affordable and easy to clean ; nevertheless, many of the designs which resulted are artistically complex.

These carvings fit into ten categories, five of which are curvilinear ( circles, spirals, arcs, serpentiniforms and dot-in-circles ) and the other five of which are rectilinear ( chevrons, lozenges, radials, parallel lines and offsets ).

Bangudae Petroglyphs, an archaeological evidence from Ulsan in South Korea suggests that drogues, harpoons and lines were being used to kill small whales as early as 6000 BC Petroglyphs ( rock carvings ) unearthed by researchers at the Museum of Kyungpook National University show Sperm Whales, Humpback Whales and North Pacific Right Whales surrounded by boats.

An examination of the carvings reveals no broken lines as would be expected if the bricks were carved first and then assembled ; and as a result scholars have concluded that the Cham craftsmen made their carvings directly onto finished brick walls.

Its ornament is painted panels, porcelain plaques and tiles, metal trimmings, and conventionalized carvings in sunk relief, a part of the construction entering into the ornament, also in the shape of narrow striated strips of wood radiating in opposite lines, after a fashion not altogether unknown in the time of Henry III.

Other decorative items are carvings of elephant herds in the forest, while the Thai alphabet lines the stairway to the lower level.

Image: Media STT 20091022 133649 med. jpg | A carved early Gothic column capital at the Church of St. Trophime in Arles, 14th century, depicting the Tarasque ; it is one of several carvings here that show legends of local folklore as well as biblical figures.

Chalhuanca, the capital of the province of Aymaraes, located at 2, 800 m ( 2, 100 ft ), preserves beautiful churches built during Colonial times, containing fine wood carvings and gold leaf.

The antique Ionic capital on the column directly behind the pulpit has carvings of a frog and a lizard.

This is reflected in the fact that Vankleek Hill is the Gingerbread ( the wood carvings on the eaves of one's roof ) capital of Ontario.

The capital decoration of the two western most pillars of the nave ( either side of the West Door internal porch ) are mediaeval as are the bulk of the external gargoyle carvings ( some resited ) of the parapet of the Eastern Arm. It is to be regretted that Cottingham's intention of retaining the richly cusped West Poor with flanking canopied niches was overruled.

Aleut carvings are distinct in each region and have attracted traders for centuries.

The elephant ’ s head, trunk, and tusks are characteristic of baku portrayed in classical era ( pre-Meiji ) Japanese wood-block prints ( see illustration ) and in shrine, temple, and netsuke carvings.

Some ornamental bokken are decorated with mother-of-pearl work and elaborate carvings.

There are several stone carvings of triangular harps from the 10th century, many of which have simple triangular shapes, generally with straight pillars, straight string arms or necks, and soundboxes.

That music of youth, with its little sins and absurdities that almost point out the sentimental affectation … appears to me like the carvings in the Alhambra, those peculiar arabesques that say nothing with their turns and shapes, but which are like the air, like the sun, like the blackbirds or like the nightingales of its gardens.

The carvings are difficult to date, but are morphologically similar to late Bronze Age weapons ; recent laser scanning work on the carvings supports this interpretation.

Salukis are considered to be one of the oldest dog breeds in existence, with excavations of Sumerian Empire sites between 7000-6000 BC showing carvings and seals that look similar to the modern breed.

* Buddhist caves are found at Ajanta ( India ) with stone carvings ( approximate date ).

There are a large number of Aboriginal rock paintings and carvings along the stock route.

Visitors entering the massive, carved mesquite-wood doors of San Xavier are often struck by the coolness of the interior, and the dazzling colors of the paintings, carvings, frescoes and statues.

These watchtowers vary in design but are generally rounded and bear armorial or symbolic carvings on their exterior.

Above the window are carvings of angels and to either side long stone ladders with angels climbing up them.

Guy de la Bédoyère also warns against reading too much in to size differences or natures in the figures, which have been used to promote theories of different roles for the three figures, arguing that at the skill level of most of the carvings, small differences in size are more likely to be hit-and-miss consequences, and pointing out that experimental archaeology has shown hooded figures one of the easiest sets of figures to carve.

Both the statue and the base upon which it sits are covered in carvings of sacred and psychoactive organisms including mushrooms ( Psilocybe aztecorum ), tobacco ( Nicotiana tabacum ), Ololiúqui ( Turbina corymbosa ), sinicuichi ( Heimia salicifolia ), possibly cacahuaxochitl ( Quararibea funebris ), and one unidentified flower.

Cult figures made from wood carvings were very popular in pre-Christian times and are still popular on the island today.

So the inhabitants are killed, and Ruapupuke burns the house, taking some of the carvings back with him to use as a model for carving in the human world ( Tregear 1891: 350 )

One of the largest objects in the collection is the Hertogenbosch Roodloft, from Holland, dated 1610 – 1613 this is as much a work of architecture as sculpture, 10. 4 metres wide, 7. 8 metres high, the architectural framework is of various coloured marbles including columns, arches and balustrade, against which are statues and bas-reliefs and other carvings in alabaster, the work of sculptor Conrad van Norenberch.

There are many aboriginal sites within the park including cave paintings, axe grinding grooves and rock carvings.

Local carvings of whalebone and walrus ivory are sought after by galleries in Alaska and the Lower 48.

Birch baskets, fur pelts, and jade, quartz, bone and ivory carvings are sold in gift shops throughout the state.

Internally, the rooms are sumptuously decorated with gildings, carvings and cartoons, many allegorical in style, depicting the seasons, myths and fables.

The Jeffers Petroglyphs, a series of Native American stone carvings ranging from 150 to 9000 years old, are also named for George Jeffers and are several miles northeast of the town.