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OCR: Exterior Artwork The Pediment Above the tow ering lonic columns and framed within the pediment is tympanum, or recessed triangular space, depicting an allegory in high relief, designed by Albert Hodge and carved by the Picairilli brothers New York City This sculpture as descr ibed by Thomas W. Leslie in Thel egislative Building of Manitoba 1925 symbol lizes the ideals of the Canadian nation which extends Mari usque ad Mare, or "from Sea to Sea the motto inscr ribed uo Canada's Coat of Arms. To the east, nautical steering wheel evokes the Atlantic Ocean while to the west, Neptune's trident represents the Pacific Ocean Tonic ympanum Yort desci Legislative Builaing mbol Coal asee Jcean