Giant Heads

A grab-bag of giant heads ... that is, giant heads not attached to giant bodies!


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Parked in front of the "I Wear Sunglasses" eyewear shop.
Directions: 1613 S. 4th avenue, Yuma, Arizona.
Last Visited: November 2008.


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Bronze sculpture entitled No Pain by Robert Arneson.
Directions: In the sculpture garden of the Phoenix Art Museum, 1625 N. Central Avenue, Phoenix, Arizona.
Last Visited: August 2009.


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Bronze sculpture entitled Cervantes by Charles Strong.
Directions: In front of of the Albuquerque Museum of Art and History, 2000 Mountain Road NW, Albuquerque, New Mexico.
Last Visited: April 2010.


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Replica Easter Island moai sculpture head.
Directions: Outside the north entrance to the National History Museum of Los Angeles County, 900 Exposition Blvd., Los Angeles, California.
Last Visited: December 2007.


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Menacing tiki head.
Directions: At the entrance to the Kon Tiki Restaurant, 4625 E. Broadway Blvd., Tucson, Arizona.
Last Visited: November 2008.


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A bigger tiki head, entitled Giganticus Headicus, by sculptor Gregg Arnold.
Directions: Outside the Kozy Corner Trailer Court, Route 66 at Antares Rd., Walapai, Arizona.
Last Visited: July 2008.

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An EVEN BIGGER tiki head, which was rescued from the now-defunct Magic Carpet Golf in Tucson and moved to its present location outside The Hut nightclub.
Directions: 305 N. 4th Ave. (at 8th St.), Tucson, Arizona.
Last Visited: December 2009.

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An "interpretation" of a giant Olmec (1400 - 400 BC) stone carved head, on display at the Arizona Museum of Natural History. Artist: Zarco Guerrero.
Directions: 53 N. McDonald, Mesa, Arizona. Admission fee is charged.
Last Visited: April 2011.


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Revised: November 11, 2011
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