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Cangrejo ciego (Los Jameos del Agua)

Blind Albino Cave Crab (Los Jameos del Agua)

Munidopsis polymorpha
Small, blind and pale crabs, found in the caves of Jameos del Agua
(Wikipedia)

César Manrique
c. 1977

Punta Mujeres / Cangrejo ciego (Los Jameos del Agua)

Description

Large iron silhout of a Blind albino cave crab, used as a symbol for Los Jameos del Agua.

There are two copies of this sculpture, this one is at the parking place of Los Jameos del Agua, the other is on the road LZ-1 between Punta Mujeres and Los Jameos del Agua.

Punta Mujeres - Cangrejo ciego (Los Jameos del Agua)

Sculptor

César Manrique Cabrera (Arrecife, Lanzarote 1919 - Teguise, Lanzarote 1992), Spanish-Canarian painter, sculptor and architect (Wikipedia - Website).

Sources & Information

Lanzarote Internacional Turismo, Esculturas (the other one is not on this website).

Locatie (N 29°9'26" - W 13°25'48") (Satellite view: Google Maps)

Item Code: esca444; Photograph: 19 April 2018
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