The moai at Smithsonian's natural history museum. - General Tiki

M mbonga Member La Mesa, California Joined: Dec 04, 2005 Posts: 556	M mbonga Posted posted on Wed, Jan 18, 2006 5:05 PM On 2006-01-17 14:59, tikifish wrote: Im sorry I don't remember exactly where the head was, but it was defintiely there outside one of the museums, facing the big long parky lawn thingy I think. I saw so much stuff in 4 days that the locations kinda blur together. *Im sure theres a fancy name for that but danged if I can recall. OK, I went to the Smithsonian museum again today, and here's an update. The green strip of lawn is called the National Mall, according to the following source: http://cityguide.aol.com/washington/entertainment/venue.adp?page=detailSummary&id=64246&layer=venues (I previously thought the "National Mall" included the buildings surrounding the lawn, but it doesn't sound like that's the case.) You were mostly right: that big stone head is still outside the museum, although it's on the north side (not facing the National Mall) and it's to the west of the north entrance. (That's why I didn't see it before--I haven't gone past the northwest part of the building for years.) I took a bunch of pictures of it for the heck of it, since we've been discussing it. I see why it was said to be "bogus" now: it's just a replica, not the real thing. It reminds me of those vine covered ruins on the Jungle Cruise. Anyway, here are some pics of the Olmec stone head, if anybody's interested: http://www.simnia.com/tiki/NMNH/CH4/ At least I did one thing on time: I got some pics of the rai (Yap money stone) just days before they put a big box around it and started refurbishing it. It was all boxed over today: http://www.simnia.com/tiki/NMNH/SOS/DC060118_039_NMNH_SOS_%5bWORK_IN_PROGRESS%5d.jpg And I took a few more pics of the moai and added them to my folder mentioned earlier in this thread. Sorry for all the duplicate photos of signs, but those signs are difficult to photograph, and I was experimenting with different lighting and angles. None came out perfect.

On 2006-01-17 14:59, tikifish wrote:
Im sorry I don't remember exactly where the head was, but it was defintiely there outside one of the museums, facing the big long parky lawn thingy I think. I saw so much stuff in 4 days that the locations kinda blur together.
*Im sure theres a fancy name for that but danged if I can recall.

OK, I went to the Smithsonian museum again today, and here's an update.

The green strip of lawn is called the National Mall, according to the following source:
http://cityguide.aol.com/washington/entertainment/venue.adp?page=detailSummary&id=64246&layer=venues
(I previously thought the "National Mall" included the buildings surrounding the lawn, but it doesn't sound like that's the case.)

You were mostly right: that big stone head is still outside the museum, although it's on the north side (not facing the National Mall) and it's to the west of the north entrance. (That's why I didn't see it before--I haven't gone past the northwest part of the building for years.) I took a bunch of pictures of it for the heck of it, since we've been discussing it. I see why it was said to be "bogus" now: it's just a replica, not the real thing. It reminds me of those vine covered ruins on the Jungle Cruise. Anyway, here are some pics of the Olmec stone head, if anybody's interested:

http://www.simnia.com/tiki/NMNH/CH4/

At least I did one thing on time: I got some pics of the rai (Yap money stone) just days before they put a big box around it and started refurbishing it. It was all boxed over today:

http://www.simnia.com/tiki/NMNH/SOS/DC060118_039_NMNH_SOS_%5bWORK_IN_PROGRESS%5d.jpg

And I took a few more pics of the moai and added them to my folder mentioned earlier in this thread. Sorry for all the duplicate photos of signs, but those signs are difficult to photograph, and I was experimenting with different lighting and angles. None came out perfect.

Post #208573 by mbonga on Wed, Jan 18, 2006 5:05 PM