Basalt Collection

The Wishing Chair, Giants Causeway, Ireland, 1897. Creator: Works and Sun Sculpture Studios
The Wishing Chair, Giants Causeway, Ireland, 1897. From " Underwood and Underwood Publishers, New York-London-Toroto Canada-Ottawa Kansas."

The Moabite Stone, 1926. The Moabite Stone, discovered in 1868, is a black basalt stone bearing an inscription by the 9th century BC Moabite King Mesha

The Giants Causeway, c1870. Interlocking volcanic basalt columns at UNESCO World Heritage Site - the Giants Causeway, in County Antrim on the north coast of Northern Ireland

Relief orthostat depicting a chariot from Sam'al, 9th century BC. Creator: Spaethethitische Bildkunst (1200-700 v)
Relief orthostat depicting a chariot from Sam'al, 9th century BC. Found in the Collection of the Archaeological Museum, Istanbul.

Sketches from H.M.S. Challenger, by Mr. J. J. Wild: Christmas Harbour, Kerguelen Island, 1876. Creator: Unknown
Sketches from H.M.S. Challenger, by Mr. J. J. Wild: Christmas Harbour, Kerguelen Island, 1876. The gigantic natural arch at its entrance

Heads of Prisoners, 1878-1783 B.C.. Creator: Unknown
Heads of Prisoners, 1878-1783 B.C

Ancestor Figure (tiki) (image 1 of 2), c.1800. Creator: Unknown
Ancestor Figure (tiki) (image 1 of 2), c.1800

Serpent Rattle Tail, between 450 and 650. Creator: Unknown
Serpent Rattle Tail, between 450 and 650

Head of a Man with Fragmentary Inscription, Egypt, 25th - 26th Dynasty (755 - 525 BCE). Creator: Unknown
Head of a Man with Fragmentary Inscription, Egypt, 25th - 26th Dynasty (755 - 525 BCE)

Idol, Teoyaomiqui i.e. Coatlicue, between 1880 and 1897. Creator: William H. Jackson
Idol, Teoyaomiqui i.e. Coatlicue, between 1880 and 1897

Block Statue Inscribed for Sr-Dhwty, 664-525 B.C.. Creator: Unknown
Block Statue Inscribed for Sr-Dhwty, 664-525 B.C

Hacha in the Form of a Skull, between 700 and 900. Creator: Unknown
Hacha in the Form of a Skull, between 700 and 900

Palma, between 600 and 900. Creator: Unknown
Palma, between 600 and 900

Palma in the Form of an Owl's Head, between 600 and 900. Creator: Unknown
Palma in the Form of an Owl's Head, between 600 and 900

The Gulf of Naples with the Island of Ischia in the Distance, 1818. Creator: Josephus Augustus Knip
The Gulf of Naples with the Island of Ischia in the Distance, 1818

Culebra Cut - View at Base of Gold Hill, Showing Basaltic Columns Developed By Steam Shovel, 1913
Culebra Cut - View at Base of Gold Hill, Showing Basaltic Columns Developed By Steam Shovel, Cut in March 1913. Men working on the Panama Canal project

Tigre Island, 1850. Creator: Unknown
Tigre Island, [now in Honduras], 1850. From "Illustrated London News", 1850. Sketch by "a Traveller in Central America"...of...the interior of the island

The Northernmost Chincha (Guano) Island, 1850. Creator: Unknown
The Northernmost Chincha (Guano) Island, [Peru], 1850. Sketch by "a Traveller in Central America". In 1840 attention was first drawn to guano for the purposes of agriculture in Europe

Fingal's Cave, 1772. Creator: John Cleveley the Younger
Fingal's Cave, 1772

Giant's Causeway, 1772. Creator: John Cleveley the Younger
Giant's Causeway, 1772

Giant's Causeway, 1772. Creator: John Cleveley the Younger
Giant's Causeway, 1772

Giant's Causeway, 1772. Creator: John Cleveley the Younger
Giant's Causeway, 1772

The Aztec Calendar Stone, or Stone of the Sun, National Museum, Mexico City, c1930s. A name glyph of Aztec ruler Moctezuma II suggests the basalt Aztec sun stone was carved c1502- 1521

The Wishing Chair, Giants Causeway, County Antrim, Ireland, 1887. Artist: Underwood & Underwood
The Wishing Chair, Giants Causeway, County Antrim, Ireland, 1887. Legend has it that the Irish giant, Finn McCool, built the Giants Causeway in order to cross the Irish sea to fight his Scottish

Hittite relef of a Hittite warrior or war-god with shield spear and sword. In the collection at the Pergamon Museum in Berlin

God Vishnu with Goddesses Lakshmi and Sarasvati, Pala period, 10th / 12th century. Creator: Unknown
God Vishnu with Goddesses Lakshmi and Sarasvati, Pala period, 10th/12th century

Vishnu Trivikrama, Pala period, 11th century. Creator: Unknown
Vishnu Trivikrama, Pala period, 11th century

Snake Goddess Manasa, Pala period, c. 11th century. Creator: Unknown
Snake Goddess Manasa, Pala period, c. 11th century

Basaltic Arch, Iceland. Creator: Tom Artin
Basaltic Arch, Iceland

Bodhisattva Simhanada Lokeshvara, Pala period, about 11th century. Creator: Unknown
Bodhisattva Simhanada Lokeshvara, Pala period, about 11th century

Karttikeya, Commander of the Divine Army, Seated on a Peacock, Ganga Period, about 12th century. Gray statue with multiple heads and arms seated on Peacock

God Brahma, Pala Period, c. 9th century. Creator: Unknown
God Brahma, Pala Period, c. 9th century

Sugar Bowl, Hanley, 1810 / 20. Creator: Hackwood, Dimmock & Co
Sugar Bowl, Hanley, 1810/20

Statue of Shebenhor, Egypt, Late Period, Dynasty 26 (664-525 BCE). Creator: Unknown
Statue of Shebenhor, Egypt, Late Period, Dynasty 26 (664-525 BCE)

Statue of Horus, Egypt, Ptolemaic Period (332-30 BCE). Creator: Unknown
Statue of Horus, Egypt, Ptolemaic Period (332-30 BCE)

Head from Statuette of a King, Egypt, Late Period, Dynasty 26 (664-525 BCE)

Fragmentary Statue: Bust of a Seated Man, Egypt, Late Period, Dynasty 26 (664-525 BCE)

Head of Xilonen, the Goddess of Young Maize, 1400 / 1500. Creator: Unknown
Head of Xilonen, the Goddess of Young Maize, 1400/1500

Coronation Stone of Motecuhzoma II (Stone of the Five Suns), 1503. Creator: Unknown
Coronation Stone of Motecuhzoma II (Stone of the Five Suns), 1503. Large plaque of stone carved with animal and geometric hieroglyphs

Lindisfarne Castle, Holy Island, Northumberland, 1796-97. Creator: Thomas Girtin
Lindisfarne Castle, Holy Island, Northumberland, 1796-97

The Isle of Staffa, early-mid 19th century, (1946). Creator: Anthony Vandyke Copley Fielding
The Isle of Staffa, early-mid 19th century, (1946). Basalt columns on Staffa, an island of the Inner Hebrides off the west coast of Scotland. From " Islands Round Britain", by R. M

Middle Block-house, Cascades, 1872. Creator: Robert Swain Gifford
Middle Block-house, Cascades, 1872. The Columbia River, USA: The Cascades are the fierce and whirling rapids wherein the river falls forty feet, twenty feet of it being taken almost at a leap

Cape Horn, 1872. Creator: John Filmer
Cape Horn, 1872. Basalt cliff outcrop on the Columbia River, Washington, USA: Majestic ramparts, like Cape Horn, rose, a vast, columnar wall, sometimes seven hundred feet in height

Southern Side of Willamette Falls, 1872. Creator: Albert Bobbett
Southern Side of Willamette Falls, 1872. Waterfall in Oregon, USA: when below the falls, the tremendous proportions of the scenery forcibly impress the mind

Fingals Cave, Staffa, c1870. Basalt sea cave on the uninhabited island of Staffa in Scotland, known by a poem by James Macpherson. In Irish mythology, Fingal is known as Fionn mac Cumhaill

The Rock and Spindle, 1898. Creator: Unknown
The Rock and Spindle, 1898. Rock and Spindle basalt volcanic rock formation From " Our Own Country, Volume II". [Cassell and Company, Limited, London, Paris & Melbourne, 1898]

Connecticut Valley from Mount Tom, 1874. Creator: Samuel Valentine Hunt
Connecticut Valley from Mount Tom, 1874. View of the Connecticut River from the Mount Tom Range in Massachusetts, USA. From " Picturesque America; or, The Land We Live In

Titans Pier, Mount Holyoke, 1874. Creator: James H. Richardson
Titans Pier, Mount Holyoke, 1874. Rock formation in the Holyoke Range, Massachusetts, USA. From " Picturesque America; or, The Land We Live In, A Delineation by Pen and Pencil of the Mountains

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