27 in the series. Most of these guardian figures are 6 feet tall or more. They are constructed of a papermache paste over wood and wire. They have faces on both sides. The symbols inscribed on the shafts are not meant to mean anything and yet they should suggest everything. The figures are painted with many layers of acrylic and then scrubbed with a scrub brush, or in some cases washed down with a garden hose. The papermache is made to take a lot of rough treatment. It is a formula that was used by the Louisiana artist, Clyde Connell.