Architecture

Tusks Monument, west elevation

Mombasa, Kenya

Tusks Monument [English]
Pembe za Ndovu [Swahili]
Tusks Monument, west elevation

Architecture

structure overview
Tusks Monument

Architecture: Tusks Monument

full/alternative names
Mombasa Tusks
built
1952
culture
Kenyan, Swahili
work type
monument
architect / constr. phase
1952
first two tusks with wooden structure
1956
set up of four new tusks made of aluminium

Geography

Africa » Eastern Africa » Kenya » Mombasa County » Mombasa » Mvita
local language location name
Mombasa, Kenya [English]
historical affiliations
1952-1963
Sultanate of Zanzibar
1952-1963
Kenya Colony

Image characteristics

maximum image resolution
5,706 × 3,790  pixel
48.3 × 32.1 cm (300 dpi)
capture date
image processing
merged image, retouched, colour corrected
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