Asian elephants
Elephas maximus

"Taman Indah", Blijdorp Zoo, Rotterdam, The Netherlands

The diameter of the spheres is 0.5 metres

1995

± 2 weeeks per sphere..

The spheres are a serie of six, that show the different social situations of the elephants. Information of the ZOO, and the keepers of the animals played a key-role in making these models. This resulted in a serie of own pictures and drawings based on observations of the Asian elephants at the Rotterdam ZOO
The Illustrated Encyclopaedia of Elephants, cresent,
Sacred Elephant, Heatcote Williams.

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