Prospect Park

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Mowgli Protected from the Tiger by the Wolves

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  • Location: Prospect Park Zoo; Flatbush Avenue entrance, north side of northern kiosk
  • Sculptor: Wilhelm Hunt Diederich
  • Architect: Aymar Embury II
  • Description: Bas-relief
  • Cast: 1935
  • Dedicated: 1935

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