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Akeley Hall of African Mammals

Akeley-Eastman-Pomeroy African Hall Expedition of the American Museum of Natural History (1926)

Botany

Exhibition preparation

Field artworks

Klipspringer (Diorama)

Asset ID art002_b2_05a

Title Plant and insect, illustration with colors noted, for use in Klipspringer Group, Akeley Hall of African Mammals

Description Klipspringer Group. NO I; Like rubber. Note how leaf hangs on outline sketch; Surface like shamois; Veins leading from centr vein on top of leaf; One or two leaves like this; No 9 K-6; Silky and silvery sheen under; From a distance leaves seem to have this effct probaly due to the very blue sky and reflecting power of surface of leaves; These leaves are...as if they have been varnished; The heart leaves are closed tight marked by the cross thus; Exact color note of leaves shadow; Natural curl of leaves; This shrub shows its under sides of leaves as illustrated

Agent (Role) Unknown (Artist)

Date 1926

Artwork/Object Type Watercolors

Physical dimensions 14 x 10 in.

Country Kenya

Collection/Work Relation AMNH Special Collections

External Resource AMNH Library authority record: Akeley Hall of African Mammals, AMNH Library authority record: Jansson, Arthur August 1890-1960

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Repository American Museum of Natural History

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