File:Post medieval, Illustration showing the death of Chunee the elephant (FindID 613591).jpg

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Post medieval: Illustration showing the death of Chunee the elephant
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Berkshire Archaeology, David Williams, 2014-04-28 13:46:59
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Post medieval: Illustration showing the death of Chunee the elephant
Description
English: A brass token issued by Pidcock's Menagerie of Exeter Change, the Strand in London between c1795 and 1801. The token depicts an elephant on the obverse and a two-headed cow on the reverse.

Obverse: An elephant (Chunee) facing left. PIDCOCKS EXHIBITION

Reverse: A two-headed cow facing right EXETER CHANGE STRAND LONDON

Chunee the elephant was shot as he was becoming bad-tempered and he was finally harpooned (see attached illustration).
Depicted place (County of findspot) Bracknell Forest
Date between 1795 and 1801
date QS:P571,+1500-00-00T00:00:00Z/6,P1319,+1795-00-00T00:00:00Z/9,P1326,+1801-00-00T00:00:00Z/9
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FindID: 613591
Old ref: SUR-E41EB7
Filename: chunee the elephant.jpg
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The Portable Antiquities Scheme (PAS) is a voluntary programme run by the United Kingdom government to record the increasing numbers of small finds of archaeological interest found by members of the public. The scheme started in 1997 and now covers most of England and Wales. Finds are published at https://finds.org.uk
Source https://finds.org.uk/database/ajax/download/id/466036
Catalog: https://finds.org.uk/database/images/image/id/466036/recordtype/artefacts archive copy at the Wayback Machine
Artefact: https://finds.org.uk/database/artefacts/record/id/613591
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