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African Water Hole Diorama

Field Museum

Field Museum
Chicago, United States

When it was unveiled in 1932, this was the world's largest diorama. It depicts twenty-three animals, from a reticulated giraffe herd to a tickbird perched on a black rhino's back, all gathered around a small water hole in southern Ethiopia.

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  • Title: African Water Hole Diorama
  • Type: image
  • Contributor: John Weinstein : The Field Museum of Natural History
  • Rights: (c) Field Museum of Natural History - CC BY-NC
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