Coliseum Tin Cornice Piece, ca. 1916

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Coliseum Tin Cornice Piece, ca. 1916 SHM 2017.09.07 This ornamental piece was once on the Coliseum's facade. In the 1950s, the building's gable was covered by metal. This tin lion's piece was discovered in 2005 during the Coliseum's restoration. *Copied from information sign on the display case.* The creature depicted here is a hippocampus, mythological sea-lion, also known as a morse. https://mythus.fandom.com/wiki/Sea_lion