Joyce Parkerson
Sheena, 1986

Bronze
4’ x 5’
Lowry Park Zoo

This bronze elephant is located at the entrance to the Asian domain within the Lowry Park Zoo, and is intended to serve as a memorial to Baby Sheena, an elephant who was donated to the Zoo by Sumter L. Lowry in December, 1960. Lowry intended Sheena to be a gift to the children of Tampa, who, in 1960, had not been exposed to elephants in a local setting. Sheena passed away in January 1986, and this artwork was installed as a visual remembrance of her in 1987.