African Elephant - Houston, TX
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WalksfarTX
N 29° 42.732 W 095° 23.580
15R E 268503 N 3289292
A life-size sculpture outside the zoo entrance viewable from the parking lot.
Waymark Code: WMNZGR
Location: Texas, United States
Date Posted: 05/29/2015
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African Elephant offers zoo patrons (an anyone passing by on Cambridge Street an opportunity to experience the impressive size of an African elephant. The statue is a five ton, life-sized welded steel sculpture that is comprised of strips of Cor-ten steel and rods that are fused into each other to give the elephant its form. The steel armature supports are intentionally visible and act as the anchoring points in the legs.
This representational sculpture depicts the form of a striding elephant with its trunk extended and ears outstretched.
Name or use 'Unknown' if not known: Africian Elephant
Figure Type: Animal
Artist Name or use 'Unknown' if not known: Robert Fowler
Date created or placed or use 'Unknown' if not known: 1982
Materials used: Cor-ten Steel
Location: Entrance to the Herman Park Zoo off of Cambridge Street.
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