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<p>[QUOTE=&quot;Taupou, post: 171065, member: 45&quot;]It&#039;s a souvenir item from Korea, depicting a j<i>angseung.&nbsp; </i>Jangseung resemble totem poles, and full-size ones are put on the edges of villages to serve as guardians to scare away demons.&nbsp; </p><p><br /></p><p>They come in both male and female versions.&nbsp; This is a male, with the traditional inscription which (so I was told) translates roughly as &quot;Great General of All Under Heaven.&nbsp; Female jangseung say &quot;Great General of the Underworld.&quot;</p><p><br /></p><p>I&#039;ve seen one motel (Korean owned) in Oregon, that features three of these (10-12 feet, garishly painted) at the entrance.&nbsp; It does make quite an impression.[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>

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