architecture

Tusks Monument

Mombasa, Kenya

Tusks Monument [English]
Pembe za Ndovu [Swahili]

Architecture

full/alternative names
Mombasa Tusks
built
1952
culture
Kenyan, Swahili
work type by function
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
Sultanate of Zanzibar
1952-1963
Kenya Colony
1952-1963
Tusks Monument, west elevation
Tusks Monument, west elevation Mombasa, Kenya
Tusks Monument, east elevation
Tusks Monument, east elevation Mombasa, Kenya
Tusks Monument, west elevation
Tusks Monument, west elevation Mombasa, Kenya