Representations of Elephants

I found this image of an elephant, drawn by someone who'd never seen one on a 17th century map in the Birmingham Museum and Art Gallery.

It reminded me of the old story about the blind men and the elephant

Japanese Elephants

When I visited Japan in March 2007, I spotted a number of other representations of elephants.

• White Elephant:
  

• Elephant on Temple:
  

• Elephant on Roof:
  

• Elephant on Roof:
  

• Wire Elephant, Tokyo Park:
  

• Store sign Elephant, Kyoto: