herm (hûrm) n. pl. herms also her·mae (-mī)A rectangular, often tapering stone post bearing a carved head or bust, usually of Hermes, used as a boundary marker in ancient Greece and for decorative purposes in later periods.car·y·at·id (kār'ē-āt'ĭd) n. pl. car·y·at·ids or car·y·at·i·des (-ĭ-dēz') Architecture A supporting column sculptured in the form of a draped female figure.
canephorae is applied to caryatids, figures of young persons of either sex supporting baskets on their heads.(in architecture).
I did a little self education to find the origin of "Vizcayads". Technically our Stone Barge statues are cross between a herm and a canephorae but Vizcanephorae doesn't sound as good. The most famous caryatids are probably on the Acropolis in Athens Greece. I included a picture from the Acropolis with our Vizcayads for comparison.
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