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Fénykövi Elephant at the Smithsonian Natural History Museum in Washington, DC.
The rogue male African bush elephant, Loxodonta africana, that is the centerpiece of the rotunda has long been a symbol of the museum. It was unveiled in 1959, and at that time was the world’s largest land mammal on display in a museum. The hide, weighing two tons, was donated to the Smithsonian by the Hungarian big-game hunter Josef J. Fénykövi. Fénykövi tracked the elephant in the Cuando River region of southeastern Angola in November 1955. He wrote about the hunt for Sports Illustrated.
www.mnh.si.edu/onehundredyears/featured_objects/Fenykovi_...
0006 Washington, DC
Fénykövi Elephant at the Smithsonian Natural History Museum in Washington, DC.
The rogue male African bush elephant, Loxodonta africana, that is the centerpiece of the rotunda has long been a symbol of the museum. It was unveiled in 1959, and at that time was the world’s largest land mammal on display in a museum. The hide, weighing two tons, was donated to the Smithsonian by the Hungarian big-game hunter Josef J. Fénykövi. Fénykövi tracked the elephant in the Cuando River region of southeastern Angola in November 1955. He wrote about the hunt for Sports Illustrated.
www.mnh.si.edu/onehundredyears/featured_objects/Fenykovi_...