Fénykövi Elephant's Legs and Neck
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Creator: Fénykövi, Josef J
Form/Genre: Photographic print
Date: November 13, 1955
Citation: Smithsonian Institution Archives, Record Unit 305, Box 1102, Folder Accession 208986
A male African bush elephant's body showing its legs and neck. The elephant was collected by Josef J. Fénykövi in the Cuando River region of southwestern Angola on November 13, 1955.
Fénykövi, Josef J
Historic Images of the Smithsonian
The elephant was donated to the Smithsonian Institution by Josef J. Fénykövi and placed on display at the National Museum of Natural History in 1959. Fénykövi sent images of the elephant to Dr. Remington Kellogg, Director of the United States National Museum, in 1958 to help the United States National Museum taxidermists to reconstruct the elephant to be prepared for exhibition in the Rotunda of the Natural History Building.
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 13, 1955
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SIA2010-0173 or Fénykövi Negative Number 2155-BN/21 or 97-3029
Number of Images: 1; Color: Black and white; Size: 7.0w x 5.0h; Type of Image: Animal, candid; Landscape; Medium: Photographic print