Sequim Museum & Arts in United States


Sequim Museum & Arts
The Manis Mastodon Mural with the bones mounted. Photo taken from the first exhibit building. Photo: Jon Roanhaus, Wikimedia
The Manis Mastodon Mural with the bones mounted. Photo taken from the first exhibit building. Photo: Jon Roanhaus, Wikimedia
Typemuseum
Owner
Founded1976
Place Sequim, Washington,
District Clallam County
StateWashington
Country United States
DirectorsJudy Reandeau Stipe
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Description

Sequim Museum & Arts, in Sequim, Washington, , Washington, United States , was founded in 1976.

Taxidermy specimens

Sequim Museum & Arts has in its collection 1 elephantine museum specimens with records in this database:

(Measurements of teeth and body parts follow the system described by Maglio (1973; P = plate number, L = length, W = width, H = height, LF = lamellar frequency)


    Manis Mastodon Accession nr: . Received: ⚪ Manis Mastodon (fossil)
    Species: American Mastodon (Mammut americanus)
    * Born nearly 14,000 years at North America unspecified forest † Dead nearly 14,000 years at Manis Mastodon siteDeath reason: unknown (N/A) Age: ca 45 year old
    Discovered as fossil 1977-08-08 by a farmer named Emanuel Manis at Emanuel Manis farm, Sequim, Washington, Excavated 1977, Excavated by: Dr. Carl Gustafson of Washington State University,

Comments / picturesThe Sequim Museum & Arts, located in downtown Sequim, Washington, is a free-admission local history museum. Founded in 1976, the museum is home to the Manis Mastodon Tusks and bones which were found at an early human encampment located on the present day Manis Farm, famous as one of the first-known contact between humans with a mastodon 13,000 years ago.

References for records about Sequim Museum & Arts

Recommended Citation

Koehl, Dan (2024). Sequim Museum & Arts, Elephant Encyclopedia. Available online at https://www.elephant.se/location2.php?location_id=3702. (archived at the Wayback machine)

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