Tuesday, November 19, 2019

See Sheep Statues in London, England, Scotland, the USA and News Zealand


Sheep statues in Dordrecht, Holland, The Netherlands, Europe. Photo by Eric Zachte.

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Dordrecht#/media/File:Schapen_in_de_Hoefijzerstraat_in_Dordrecht.jpg

In theory you can also see the Dordrecht sheep on streetview.

Sheep statues in the USA.
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NEW ZEALAND
Te Kuiti on the North Island of New Zealand is known as the sheep shearing capital of the world.


Photo of Sheep Shearing statue on New Zealand by Sonorama in Wikivoyage.

You can buy a sheep statue or a whole flock on the internet from ebay, etsy, amazon and numerous other places.

SCOTLAND, UK


Sheep statue in Moffat, Scotland, UK.

https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:MoffatHighStreet001JM.jpg
Moffat is an hour from Glasgow by bus or train. The sheep is missing its ears, an error of design. it was created by the same sculptor who made the famous Greyfriars Bobby, the legendary or real dog in Edinburgh, capital of Scotland.

Scotland has many shops selling woollen garments. In fact their shops are all over the UK.



Paternoster, also known as Shepherd and Sheep or Shepherd with his Flock, is an outdoor 1975 bronze sculpture by Elisabeth Frink, installed in Paternoster Square near St Paul's Cathedral in London, United Kingdom.

A much older sheep statue is in the British Museum in London, England.


Granite statue of Amun in the form of a ram protecting King Taharqa, British Museum.

Useful Websites
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Category:Sheep_in_art

Travel from the UK to the USA
visittheusa.co.uk

New Zealand
https://en.wikivoyage.org/wiki/Te_Kuiti
https://en.wikivoyage.org/wiki/Te_Kuiti#/media/File:SheepShearing.jpg

Noah's Ark replica's worldwide
https://www.ninjajournalist.com/science/noahs-ark/41/

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