The making of
'Yukagir'mammoth 1 (in Japan)

Tone' prepares to enter the airvault, to work on the original tusk

F.l.t.r. our guide/interpreter Mayumi, the responsable scientist for the mammoth prof. Sano, en de Russian delegate

Preparing to cast tha right tusk

3D-computerprint of the lefttusk. This serves a reference for the sculpting of the tusk. We cannot make a cast of the original tusk because this cannot be removed from the head. This head is exhibited at the Expo in a special freezer.

First we sculpt the lefttusk, and make a mould of it. This makes it possible to cast both tusks in the same material.

Original mammothsole.With nails

The tip of the lefttusk.

The fitting of the tusks

Tha applying of the coat

Mako preparing the hair.

I am (here to built) a woolly mammoth

The official opening of the mammothouse at the Expo 2005 in Nagoya, Japan.