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Golden winged leopard statue

Posted by on Sun 30 Sep 2001 - 13:28
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It's not anthropomorphic, but click here for a photo of the giant golden "Monument to the Defenders of the Fatherland" statue in Astana, Kazakhstan: a medieval archer standing on the back of a winged leopard, symbolically soaring over the steppes raining arrows down upon the enemies of the fatherland:
Kazakhstan was recently mentioned here in August under "Furries aren't the only ones who risk public scorn..." (I found this while web-searching without luck for a picture of the five-headed eagle of Turkmenistan. Can anyone help with that?)

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Fred Patten — read stories — contact (login required)

a retired former librarian from North Hollywood, California, interested in general anthropomorphics