Loincloth Elephant - San Diego, CA
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N 32° 44.150 W 117° 09.167
11S E 485685 N 3622012
This sculpture is in the Elephant Odyssey area of the San Diego Zoo.
Waymark Code: WMAP1G
Location: California, United States
Date Posted: 02/06/2011
Views: 3
Located at the entrance to the San Diego Zoo's Elephant Odyssey area, this is one of two identical works on either side of the Horton's Way walkway.
The sculpture depicts a stylized Elephant standing upright and wearing a loincloth...and the dates "1000-1500 years ago" below it. The sculpture is one of five in a dated sequence..and the art seems to depict elephants as more primitive and abstract as the dates go back in time.
It is set on a pedestal which depicts the end of another tusk in its center.
There is no information at the site about the artist, materials or date.
Name or use 'Unknown' if not known: unknown
Figure Type: Animal
Artist Name or use 'Unknown' if not known: unknown
Date created or placed or use 'Unknown' if not known: unknown
Materials used: unknown
Location: in the Elephant Odyssey area of the San Diego Zoo
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