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1479 - Flora & Fauna - Death mask of the gorilla "Bobby." Berlin, circa 1935, life-size plaster cast, painted, with hooks for wall mounting. Dimensions: approx. 46 x 30 x 21 cm.
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Flora & Fauna - Death mask of the gorilla "Bobby." Berlin, circa 1935, life-size plaster cast, painted, with hooks for wall mounting. Dimensions: approx. 46 x 30 x 21 cm. Bobby (born c. 1926/died August 1, 1935) arrived at the Zoologischer Garten in 1928 as its first gorilla and became a major crowd-pleaser. A granite statue by Fritz Behn can be found at the Berlin Zoo. The dermoplastic model is on display at the Museum of Natural History in Berlin. A plaster cast was made of his face. A bronze death mask and a plaster cast are now on display at the Berlin Zoo, and another plaster cast is in the collection of the Museum of Natural History. See: Christian Welzbacher, “Bobby, Requiem for a Gorilla,” Matthes & Seitz, Berlin, 2019. — A death mask of the gorilla “Bobby.” Berlin, c. 1935, life-size plaster cast, colored, with a hook for wall mounting. Dimensions: c. 46 x 30 x 21 cm.
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