EK Museum Notes

African Mammals
-Elephants
- stampeding as a herd when you first walk-in
- they are East African Elephants
-off to the side is the African watering hole with zebra and antelope
- its a little crowded in the museum
- there is a giraffe in this exhibits
- also small birds
- Would these animals really get along this well in real life?
- skipped over the buffalo and mountain nayla
- Lions - pretty cool
- interesting how they are just lounging around with the male on alert
- one cleaning itself
- Bongo
- strange but love the bamboo arrangement
- Skipped giant elandrupe nile region
- Plains is interesting because of the zebra
- there just seems to an unrealistic amount of animals in such a small space
- skipped greater koodo
- Giant sable
- pretty cool
- interesting features such as horns
- although one looks more dead rather than resting, its head is completely flat on the ground
- Gemsbok
- really pretty fur coats
- love the symmetry of the brown fur around the face and a line going down the middle
- plaque says they are mainly hunted as trophies and make good leather
- Okapi
- another animal with nice skin
- zebra like legs
- body o fur sort of like a dear
- Skipped libya desert/gorilla
- Elephant tusks - kind of a mean idea
Birds
- hall full of pictures
- Artic ten photo really nice
- very graphic with dark blue/black water in background and white bird with wings lifting up
- Great Grey owl
- adorable
- on snow (diving)
- wing spread out
- Elephants
- do they really walk with their tales up a lot?
- There are so many animals it is hard to believe they are all real
- also they kind of look fake
Hall of South Asiatic Mammals
- Mare Elephants
- dead center as usual
- probably because they are too big to display any other way
- Leopards
- nice
- they look like complete hunters
- I didn't know they ate peacocks
- the one is guarding its feast
- nice long fuzzy tales
- look surprisingly nice and petable
- Sambar of wild dog
- intense
- dogs growling at sambar
- sambar being fierce killed a wild dog
- noticing recurring theme of dead animals in Asiatic Mammals
- skipping black buck
Egyptians
- Religion
- many traditions and beliefs
- focus on fertility and well-being of life
- the small mummy was cool - it was shruken
- Politics
- the scarab was nice for the sun god Ra
- looks like its meant to hit people
- The Society
- the five-string harp is nice item and instrument
- Economy
- hundreds of fisherman
- this fisher box looks like many other fisher boxes today
- by the way this burnt orange color is a poor color choice and make me feel uninterested - the met displays items better
Grasslands
- the green is better but a little harsh on the eyes
Mountain Grasslands
- straw hat is very creepy and I imagine it would get hot wearing it
Forest Woodlands
- this blue is a pretty color
- fishing - super intense rituals
- annual fishing festival to propriate water spirits
- some don't eat fish
- fertile and pregnant women cannot eat them
- men not allowed intercourse while setting traps
Masks and Social
- Masks are interesting
- I like how they are used in rituals and the detail
The Spirit World
- use of items for religion and worship
- round mask used to frighten kids
Dance and Beliefs
- a lot of effort has been put into this dress
- the shell man is a little scary (snail guy)