Faan Voges, ‘Dzombo’, bronze, cast by Michael Canides Foundy, One of ‘The Kruger Magnificent Seven’, signed and dated 1998, and numbered 1/15.
Dzombo was named after the Dzombo stream that traverses the Mopani Flats between the Shingwedzi and Shawu valleys. The name Dzombo comes from the Tsonga word dzombolo which means “to wait for something approaching slowly.”
He was killed by poachers in October 1983 at the age of 48 and while extracting his tusks near the Dzombyane watering hole they were intercepted by park ranger Ampie Espag, at which point they fled and left the tusks behind. His left tusk was 255 cm long, 50 cm in circumference at its base, and weighed 55.8 kg. His right one was 237 cm long, 51 cm in base circumference, and weighed 56.8 kg.
Today the tusks are on display at the Elephant Museum in the Letaba Rest Camp in the Kruger National Park.
Dimensions: 38.6 cm long by 20.5 cm wide by 32 cm high (includes the base)