The Exhumation of the Mastadon (1806)
Charles Wilson Peale's Mastodon
Peale's mastodon had its tusks pointed down to increase its look of ferocity. Presidcent Jefferson warned Lewis and Clarke to watch out for the beasts he believed to be still living. For the whole story read this article from Common-Place.
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Hard to believe that the people who found that thing thought the tusks went downwards.>.>
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