Skinning the Fénykövi Elephant
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Creator: Fénykövi, Josef J
Form/Genre: Photographic print
Date: November 14, 1955
Citation: Smithsonian Institution Archives, Record Unit 305, Box 1102, Folder Accession 208986
Kneeling beside the lower leg of the male African bush elephant donated to the Smithsonian Institution by Josef J. Fénykövi is an African man as he prepares to skin the elephant that was killed the day before. Two other men stand on the side of the elephant.
Fénykövi, Josef J
Historic Images of the Smithsonian
Smithsonian Institution Archives, Record Unit 305, Box 1102, Folder Accession 208986
Institutional History Division, Smithsonian Archives, 600 Maryland Avenue, SW, Washington, D.C. 20024-2520, SIHistory@si.edu
November 14, 1955
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SIA2010-0163 or Fénykövi Image Number 2355-BN/36
Number of Images: 1; Color: Black and White; Size: 7.0w x 5.0h; Type of Image: Animal, candid; Other; Medium: Photographic print