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Article: Restored gardens may include pagan sculpture.
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- The Spokesman-Review (Spokane, WA)
- Article date:
- June 21, 2007
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Byline: Mike Prager
Jun. 21--In planning restoration of the historic Moore-Turner Heritage Gardens in Spokane, conservators decided the garden needs a replica of a pagan god that once spouted water for a small fountain.
Lynn Mandyke, who is overseeing reconstruction of the gardens this year, says she has searched all over the world for a mask of Pan sculpture.
A company in England wanted $500, but when Mandyke offered to make a purchase, the company declined to ship to the United States.
Another Pan was deemed too evil-looking for a public garden.
Pan was a Greek god with horns that watched over and protected nature and ...