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Stung

Artist/Maker Carl Ethan Akeley United States, 1864 - 1926
Date1914
MediumBronze
Dimensions9 1/4 × 11 × 4 1/2 in. (23.5 × 27.9 × 11.4 cm)
Credit LineJKM Collection, National Museum of Wildlife Art
Object numberJL2007.015
ClassificationsSculpture
SignedSigned
InscribedP left front corner: "Stung" Pleft side base: © Carl E Akeley 1914 P right side: ROMAN BRONZE WORKS NY Front center marked underneath A.4.
DescriptionElephant stomping on a long snake with right front foot. Rear half of snake is elephant's leg and front half is reared back hissing at the elephant.
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