Resin Peace Pole
Four-Sided Resin Peace Pole
We have features that no one else has, like the included white-on-white labels identifying the languages, the optional images of the earth, and the option to have 19 translations of the word peace instead of 8 translations of a phrase. Such things keep this from being the least expensive peace pole of its kind, but we are not competing - only are providing an alternative for those who want something different.
This resin peace pole is a little over eight feet tall (100 inches). Bugs don't eat it and it doesn't rot. It can be planted by sliding it over a wooden post or other kind of stake or by burying a foot and a half of it in the ground. Cement would be overkill.
It can be either a "single-word" peace pole or a "phrase" peace pole. It is possible to have just the word "Peace" in different languages instead of phrases. No photo of it is available yet, but the single words peace pole has 19 languages and costs the same as an 8 language phrase pole (see below). To keep the cost low, currently it is a package with the following languages chosen to represent areas all over the world. They are: Arabic, Cherokee, Chinese, Croatian, English, French, German, Greek, Hebrew, Hindi, Korean, Persian, Russian, Sanskrit, Spanish, Swahili, Thai, Tibetan, and Turkish. If there are one or two languages you want to swap for ones on that list, we probably can do that for no additional charge, depending on which languages they are.
The language on the right is Lakota Sioux
Parade
If you want peacepoles to carry in a parade or use in a ceremony, these are a good choice. They are clean and bright and light weight. If you plant them by sliding them over posts, each year you can lift them off and use them in the ceremony or carry them in the parade again. Wouldn't it be interesting to see a drill team executing maneuvers like a squadron of soldiers but carrying peace poles instead of rifles? (And wouldn't it be funny if people threw beads over them at Mardi Gras?)
At left is a photo of a "phrase" peace pole with 8 languages, animal tracks and an image of the globe around the top. When a peace pole is going to be slid over a post, none of it disappears below ground. So the text and tracks can cover most of the pole. On the one at left some of the bottom was left bare to keep it above snow. If it was being buried, I would have left more of it bare by making the translations smaller.
If you want your peace pole shorter to make it easier to carry or to make it easier to display indoors, let me know. There is no charge for cutting it.
Languages on pole at left - Top right: Chinese. Bottom right: Spanish. Bottom left: Hindi.
Language Labels
Standard
on our resin poles is white-on-white labels identifying the languages. We label them in white so that the pole
does not become too crowded with text. From a distance you do not see them. If you
want to know which language is which, the answer is there if you look closely.
That helps add interest to the pole. The closer you get, the more there is to
see. At right you can see
that with the light from this angle, the language label on the left side is
visible, but the language label on the right side is not.
Animal Tracks
If you are putting animal tracks on your peace pole, I think there are better arrangements for them than using them as a replacement for one of the human languages. One way is to put them in a ring around the bottom of the pole, down where the animals are, as seen below. Another way is to place them in the empty spaces between the human languages, as can be seen by clicking here. If you let me put the animal tracks on your peace pole in one of those arrangements, I don't charge you for them and you still have room for the full complement of four or eight human translations.
Dove with Olive Branch
At no additional charge a dove with an olive branch also can be added to your peace pole.
Graphic
Earth
Another
option is images of the earth as seen at
left. It is two images of the earth back to back. Since you never can see more
than two sides of a pole at once, you never see more than one image at a time,
but you do see the whole earth whenever you look at the pole. However, you see
the whole earth from a different perspective with each step that you take around
the pole. This option has an additional charge.
Lakota Sioux is the language on the right
To Order
Resin Peace Pole with 4
translations
is $145
Resin Peace Pole with 8
translations
is $195
Optional images of the earth - $25
Shipping is $35
Contact me by Email or phone:
513-348-4744
Delivery is usually in about three weeks. For a rush charge it can be sooner.
I accept credit cards, purchase orders and checks.
To know how much room to leave blank at the bottom I need to know whether you will be planting it by sliding it over a stake or by burying part of it, and how much snow might be piling up around it.
Text Size
These poles are wider than 4 by 4 wooden posts. That allows me to make the text larger. Usually the text on these is about 30% larger than the text on plastic plaques, as you can see below (showing Cherokee language).
Stands
I have been asked about how to make a stand for indoor display for these enough times to have created a page about that. Click here for it.