Nazi-acquired Buddhist statue came from space

[AnandLeo]

http://www.sundayobserver.lk/2012/09/30/new41.asp

 

[DotCommunist]

looks more like jesus having a bash

 

[butchersapron]

The statue did not come from space.

 

[ItWillNeverWork]

looks more like jesus having a bash

And from the pic on the right he seems to be doing one of those Russian folk dances whilst at it.

 

[AnandLeo]

The statue did not come from space.

Naa…! The rock which the statue is made from apparently came from space.

 

[Hocus Eye.]

Holy meteorites!

 

[IC3D]

Fake?

 

[IC3D]

I mean its supposedly the only known statue of this dude and the nazis found it and it looks European

 

[AnandLeo]

I mean its supposedly the only known statue of this dude and the nazis found it and it looks European

The meteorite had been found near Mongolia and the figure looks naturally Mongolian to me.

 

[butchersapron]

Prior to the iron age, iron pretty much only came from meteorites, and was often appropriated and used by the elites - see the iron daggers made from meteorite found in Tutankhamun's tomb - nothing new here really.

 

[butchersapron]

Or did it?

The narrative was, perhaps, just a little too good to be true. When news broke last month of the so-called "buddha from space" – a swastika-emblazoned statue, apparently 1,000 years old, that had been carved out of a meteorite and looted by a Nazi ethnologist – the world was enthralled.

There were only, it turns out, a few slight catches. According to two experts who have since given their verdict on the mysterious Iron Man, it may have been a European counterfeit; it was probably made at some point in the 20th century; and it may well not have been looted by the Nazis. The bit about the meteorite, though, still stands.

 

[Puddy_Tat]

The 'swastika' was not invented by the Nazis

e.g. this photograph of Hounslow bus garage canteen as rebuilt in the 1920s.

I imagine it got re-decorated some time after 1939...

 

[butchersapron]

No one thinks it was though.

 

[IC3D]

I knew it was only a matter of time before fellow expert opinion caught up with me.

 

[danny la rouge]

The 'swastika' was not invented by the Nazis



e.g. this photograph of Hounslow bus garage canteen as rebuilt in the 1920s.

I imagine it got re-decorated some time after 1939...

 

[Puddy_Tat]

presumably they didn't do coloureds...

 

[sleaterkinney]