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 moai 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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A bunch of tiki / moai heads, at the Desert Foothills Gardens Nursery.
Directions: 33840 North Cave Creek Road (at Westland Rd), Cave Creek, Arizona.
Last Visited: February 2012.

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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.

Giant Indian Heads

Trail of the Whispering Giants is a 1971-1988 art project by sculptor Peter "Wolf" Toth. The giant heads (at least one in each of the 50 states, and several in Canada) that comprise the series are "tributes to the indigenous people of North America."

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Directions: First Street Pathway Park (at Berry Ave), Winslow, AZ
Last visited: July 2008.
Waokiye "Traditional Helper"
Directions: Cabot Yerxa's Pueblo Museum, 67616 Desert View Ave, Desert Hot Springs, CA
Last visited: March 2011.
Chief Kno-Tah
Directions: Shute Park (SE 10th Ave at SE Maple St), Hillsboro, OR
Last visited: January 2015.


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Revised: April 24, 2015
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