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Study of the Giraffe Given to Charles X by the Viceroy of Egypt (1827) by Nicolas Huet II, also showing the groom who would look after her for eighteen years. Zarafa (January 1824 [a] – 12 January 1845) was a female Nubian giraffe who lived in the Jardin des Plantes in Paris for 18 years.
Maki follows Hassan as soon as he takes the giraffe with him. Hassan names the giraffe Zarafa (Arabic for "giraffe") and reluctantly agrees to take care of Maki and Zarafa. They come across a merchant, Mahmoud, who gives them two Tibetan cows, Mounh and Sounh. Maki discovers Soula being forced into slave labor by Moreno.
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The plot follows a young boy named Bobby who meets a giraffe, a pelican, and a monkey, who work as window cleaners. Although the story is narrated in first-person by Bobby, the word "Me" in the title refers to the monkey, who concludes every verse of his signature song with the phrase "the giraffe and the pelly and me".
San rock art in Namibia depicting a giraffe. Giraffes were depicted in art throughout the African continent, including that of the Kiffians, Egyptians, and Kushites. [124]: 45–47 The Kiffians were responsible for a life-size rock engraving of two giraffes, dated 8,000 years ago, that has been called the "world's largest rock art petroglyph".
Before becoming a digital artist, Whitaker worked in black and white art photography. [3] By the early 1980s she was exploring the use of early personal computers to create designs and eventually art. [4] In 1994, Whitaker set up the Digital Giraffe, a monthly online art journal which she edits, publishes, programs, and designs. [5]
The giraffe carvings were first recorded by French archaeologist Christian Dupuy in 1987, [3] and documented by David Coulson [4] in 1997 while on a photographic expedition to the site. Due to degradation of the engravings resulting from human activity, a mold was made of the engravings for display.