# Ingrown oval sculpture of human head in a tree trunk in Laos (1)

- By: Basile Morin
- Date: 2019-01-05
- Classification: Sculpture
- Museum: [Wikimedia Commons](https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Ingrown_oval_sculpture_of_human_head_in_a_tree_trunk_in_Laos_(1).jpg)
- Rights: [CC BY-SA 4.0](https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/4.0)
- Picture: https://invisiblenetwork.ai/thumbs/commons/thumb/5/58/Ingrown_oval_sculpture_of_human_head_in_a_tree_trunk_in_Laos_%281%29.jpg/1920px-Ingrown_oval_sculpture_of_human_head_in_a_tree_trunk_in_Laos_%281%29.jpg
- Who can see it: Tweens profiles and older (museums give no ratings; placed by Invisible Network from the museum's own words)

Ingrown painted concrete oval sculpture of human head in a trunk of Ficus religiosa (bodhi tree) after 8 years, with green leaves grown over like a natural ornament, in the garden of a temple of Don Som (Si Phan Don), Laos. Sacred item of buddhist worship supposed to protect the place.