Greenwell Restores Fénykövi Elephant

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Summary

Frank Greenwell of the National Museum of Natural History begins restoration of the Fénykövi elephant in the rotunda of the Museum. Working on a scaffold, he injects glue into spots where the hide had cracked or separated with a syringe, and impregnates the hide with a petroleum-based wax more durable than the original beeswax, paraffin and Canada basalm coating.

Subject

  • Greenwell, Frank M
  • Fénykövi Elephant
  • National Museum of Natural History (U.S.)

Notes

Smithsonian Institution Archives, Record Unit 371, Box 3, "The Torch," April 1981, p. 3.

Contact information

Institutional History Division, Smithsonian Institution Archives, 600 Maryland Avenue, S.W., Washington, D.C. 20024-2520, [email protected]

Category

Chronology of Smithsonian History

Date

1981

Topic

  • Conservation and restoration
  • Animals
  • Exhibitions
  • Elephants

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