[Photos] British Museum

[dancefloorlandmine]

Back in October, valkyriekaren was at a loose end in London, and so pir and I joined her at the British Museum. I took my EOS-400D and pir took his G9 (with monopod, which resulted in some interesting discussion with the security -
Guard: "Is that a tripod?"
pir: "No, it's a monopod."
Guard: "You're not allowed to use tripods, because they trip people up."
pir: "But it's a monopod. It's only got one leg, so it won't trip anyone up."
Guard: "You're not allowed tripods"
Guard2: "It's a monopod. Only one leg. It's fine.")

We had a wander around the entrance gallery, and then headed up to China and India. The Museum staff deserve credit for the polished state of their cases - but it did make for some challenging reflections. Also, possibly the first time that I'd been since they roofed over the central court, which is just daft (me not going, not roofing over the courtyard). And then we headed off for food.

Here is the gallery of the better(ish) photos from the Museum.


The courtyard roof








Yamantaka Vajrabhairava, manifestation of Bodhisattva of knowledge opposed to evil and death


Hell Money, used for making offerings to the underworld for the souls of relatives


Shamanistic statue of laquer


In the Chinese garden


Bamboo in the Chinese garden


Philosopher's rock in the Chinese garden

Comments

[d-floorlandmine.livejournal.com]

Which? The stone one, or the disembodied face? There are a couple more of the face in the gallery - it was verging on the uncanny valley - it was very odd.

[girfan.livejournal.com]

The disembodied face. I'm reminded of the sculptures in the film Scanners.