The underside of the base reveals numerous features indicative of sand casting: the overall angular and geometric contours of the base (red arrows); seam lines likely formed between sections of the core (yellow lines); the larger seam lines (flashing) appear to have been chiseled down); nuts on threaded rods used to secure the separately cast figures (white overlay); hammering to better align the joined sections (green overlay). Traces of the sand mold are present (examples overlaid in blue). François-Auguste-Hippolyte Peyrol (French, 1856–1929), Indian Fighting Cougar (French title according to the inscription plaque is La Lutte pour la vie), cast in France, marked Peyrol foundry, inscription date 1933 (probably cast prior to 1927, when the foundry closed), H. 75 cm (collection of George Syrmos).