Yellowstone: Marquetry and Copper at Mammoth Hot Springs Hotel

The historic Mammoth Hot Springs Hotel at the north end of the park, 

for all its modernization, contains treasure. 

A huge parquetry map of the US from 1937, and a copper and shell fountain, 

are especially notable.

Lighting of the map is an amateur photographer's challenge.

Of geopolitical note from the times: Africa, Central America, and East India are listed as source "countries" for some of the specialized woods.

 

This water fountain in the lobby is stunningly shaped of hammered copper.