1.   Design sketches and original plaster molds are also on view.

2.   The shaving is required so the plaster molds of body parts can be cast cleanly and painlessly.

3.   A plaster mold of the tail will be temporarily put in place until a marble replica is created and attached, city officials said.

4.   The Met exhibition will show for the first time recently found plaster molds of some of the items, organizers reported.