Anyone know what happened to these Elephant tusks?

I received this morning an email from South Africa, if anyone has any information or suggestions it would be greatly appreciated.

Morning Jerome, Need some help locating the whereabouts of a pair of tusks. The jumbo was shot by my brother-in-laws late father, Mr. F Janse Van Rensburg. The old man was farming in the Eldoret area in Kenya up and till the late 1950's. They used to go jumbo hunting on a regular basis. The elephant in question was shot in 1949 on the Tana river close to Garrisa. Weights were, as we can recall 147 and 148 lb's. Their lengths were +- 11 feet. The old man used a .425 WR. We know that they were displayed at the Nairobi train station for some time. What happened to them then is a mistery.
Your input would be greatly appreciated
Regards
Johan

Jerome,

MASSIVE TUSKS ............ wish to know about their whereabouts ....

Monish

Sold?

Great trophies in anycase.

The wispers around the campfire go that the oldman and his brother shot a an even bigger (illegal) tusker in Somalia. A single tusker, other one broken of 2/3 of lenghth. Full tusks weight were 212 lb and broken one 80 lb+. Bought himself a new Massey Harris tractor with the ill gained proceeds ! Were tough times for farmers then in Kenya after WW 2

The pic I have was found in my oupas stuff when he died! There aren't any other pics of him so I have no idea of the real story behind it...Just such an awesome Elephant!

It would be interesting to hear the true story behind this giant.

Bet they got made into snooker balls like most them from from that era!

Jerome, SpikeT told me he shot that Jumbo, and has the tusks on his wall....???? Was he lying to me?

Just having some fun at spike's expense, monster Jumbo though.

I wanna be a hunter like SpikeT! :-) :-) :-)

Originally Posted by 35bore

Jerome, SpikeT told me he shot that Jumbo, and has the tusks on his wall....???? Was he lying to me?

Just having some fun at spike's expense, monster Jumbo though.

now they are the small ones!! you should see the big tusks i have framing these ones