Involucrata Inspiration: Mountain Gorilla Diorama

Gorilla diorama in the Hall of African Mammals at the American Museum of Natural History in NY. Photo by Kathryn Carse.
Gorilla diorama in the Hall of African Mammals at the American Museum of Natural History in NY. Photo by Kathryn Carse.

Location: Hall of African Mammals at the American Museum of Natural History in NY.

Creator: Background by William R. Leigh, assisted by Robert Kane. Foreground by Albert E. Butler, assisted by Joseph Guerry, George Frederick Mason, Ushinosuke Narahara, George Petersen, and Fred Scherer. Taxidermy by Carl Akeley.

Created: 1936

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