African elephant Mungo in United States National Museum. iSIounted by W. T. Hornaday in 1882 



The framework of Mungo 



ence in mounting large 

 mammals would question 

 this, though probably few 

 visitors realize the great 

 progress that has been 

 made in the mounting of 

 animals, particularly large 

 mammals. Not very 

 many years ago animals 

 were most literally stuffed 

 — suspended head down- 

 ward and rammed fidl of 

 straw, often until they 

 could hold no more. Then 

 came the making of a 

 manikin of tow and excel- 

 sior; next the manikin of 

 wire-netting and papier- 

 mache, and finally the 

 modeling of the animal in 

 clay, the molding of this 



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