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SWIMMING SOFT-SHELLED TURTLE {TrioiiyX spiuifer) 



Most perfect reproductions with all tiie beauty and softness of color and texture of the 

 living animal can be made in wax to replace the old disi)lay of alcoholic material. Posed 

 and cast by Dwight FrankUn; colored by Thomas Bleakney. Specimen presented by the 

 New York Aquarium 



a few wholly aquatic forms like the hcllhciKlcr [Cryptuh ranch us) and the 

 Congo eel (Amphiuma), which do not maintain the shape for posing when 

 removed from water. These the sculptor must model from the li\'ing ani- 

 mal, which model then serves for mold and cast. In the work on snakes 



A STUDY FROM LIFE 



Wax casts of fighting spotted turtles (CAc/opi/.s anttntus) made for insi-rtion in a group 

 planned to show local amphibia and reptiles of the month of April 



Piece molds by .James Bell; casts by Dwijilu Franklin; color work liy 'I'homas Hleakney 



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