A small mastodon fossilized skull looking to the left. It inside a glass case. The forehead of the fossil is partly full of sand and shells. Tusks are indicated with grey plaster. A tooth is extracted or was found separately and is presented on the right. The tooth is vertical and showing its grinding surface, from which the name Mastodon is derived. The grinding nubs look like breasts.

A close up of the tooth, with its museum labeling it. The label is grey plastic or board, with white printed lettering. Tan fine grained sand lines the floor of the case. You can see my rolled up jeans and my shoes in the reflection of the glass

The fossil skull from the front. A small model of a full mastodon skeleton in white plastic is on the left, with the exhibited portion of the fossil indicates in dark red or brown plastic. Two sun faded photos are mounted to board and rest on the sand of the floor of the exhibit case. The phoot on the left shows someone with their hands on the original fossil as it is recovered from the creek bed. The photo on the right is a dark-bearded man in a white shirt carefully restoring and preserving the fossil skull. The case is presented at waist high (child eye viewing height).

A close up of the photos described before. In front is a small labeled grey museum board which reads ‘The skull was carefully excavated from the creek bed (left) and then cleaned and prepared for display.’