Photos: Velafrons Dinosaur on Display Outside of Children’s Discovery Museum

Thursday, February 6, 2020

SAN JOSE, CALIFORNIA - FEBRUARY 4: Joseph Trillo, faculty maintenance operations supervisor at Children's Discovery Museum of San Jose, works on the base of "Ichiro," a Velafrons dinosaur by artist Marianela Fuentes, outside of the museum in San Jose, Calif., on Tuesday, Feb. 4, 2020. (Nhat V. Meyer/Bay Area News Group)

Artist Marianela Fuentes’ art installation “Sacred Beings: Ichiro The Dino.”

Artist Marianela Fuentes’ art installation called “Sacred Beings: Ichiro The Dino” is “an exact replica skeleton of the Velafrons Coahuilensis, a dinosaur from the Cretaceous period, 72 million years ago,” according to her website. The dinosaur is currently on display outside of the Children’s Discovery Museum.

“The dinosaur is decorated in the art of the Huichol, an indigenous tribe of Mexico who now live in the same lands that once were populated by the Velafron,” also according to her website.

The display was previously at the Burning Man Festival. It is about 36 feet long and weighs about 330 pounds.

SAN JOSE, CALIFORNIA - FEBRUARY 4: The head of "Ichiro" a Velafrons dinosaur by artist Marianela Fuentes outside of the Children's Discovery Museum of San Jose in San Jose, Calif., on Tuesday, Feb. 4, 2020. (Nhat V. Meyer/Bay Area News Group)

SAN JOSE, CALIFORNIA - FEBRUARY 4: The head of "Ichiro" a Velafrons dinosaur by artist Marianela Fuentes outside of the Children's Discovery Museum of San Jose in San Jose, Calif., on Tuesday, Feb. 4, 2020. (Nhat V. Meyer/Bay Area News Group)

SAN JOSE, CALIFORNIA - FEBRUARY 4: A foot on "Ichiro" a Velafrons dinosaur by artist Marianela Fuentes outside of the Children's Discovery Museum of San Jose in San Jose, Calif., on Tuesday, Feb. 4, 2020. (Nhat V. Meyer/Bay Area News Group)

SAN JOSE, CALIFORNIA - FEBRUARY 4: Joseph Trillo, faculty maintenance operations supervisor at Children's Discovery Museum of San Jose, works on the base of "Ichiro," a Velafrons dinosaur by artist Marianela Fuentes, outside of the museum in San Jose, Calif., on Tuesday, Feb. 4, 2020. (Nhat V. Meyer/Bay Area News Group)

SAN JOSE, CALIFORNIA - FEBRUARY 4: A man takes a picture of "Ichiro" a Velafrons dinosaur by artist Marianela Fuentes outside of the Children's Discovery Museum of San Jose in San Jose, Calif., on Tuesday, Feb. 4, 2020. (Nhat V. Meyer/Bay Area News Group)

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