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Graphite on paper
5" x 8"

Unidentified sketches, possibly for "Flying Pterodactyls" and "The Friendly Dragon". Sketches may be early concepts for the sculpture outside the Holden Museum of Living Reptiles at the Detroit Zoological Institute.

Plaster mother mold with inner rubber mold and wax core of unknown part of pterodactyl. Mold is bound with metal wire.

Plaster mother mold with inner rubber mold and wax core. Written on mold is "Tail". Mold is bound with metal wire.

Tongue section, plaster mother mold with inner rubber mold and wax core. Written on mold is "Pterodactyl tongue".

Tongue section, plaster mother mold with inner rubber mold and wax core. Written on mold is "Pterodactyl tongue".

Plaster mother mold with inner rubber mold and wax core. Tongue mold. No writing on the mold. Mold is bound with two metal wires.

Plaster mold with red wax and red rubber core. Written on mold is "Pterodactyl lower jaw I Fredericks". Mold is held together with wire.

Unknown section, plaster mother mold with inner rubber mold and wax core. Mold is bound with metal wire.

Unknown section, plaster mother mold with inner rubber mold and wax core. Mold is bound with metal wire.

Unknown section, plaster mother mold with inner rubber mold and wax core. Mold is bound with metal wire.
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