V&A Conservation in Action - Playing Tippoo's Tiger

Nigel Bamforth, Senior Conservator and a specialist in ancient and 18th century instruments play Tippoo's Tiger during investigation and analysis of the object.

Category:

Nonprofits & Activism

Tags:

• tippoo's tiger
• tipu
• automaton
• music
• india

[AserHapi]

Now play Freebird

[MrPickypics]

funny piece of sculpture but hey do you get the underlying message? ''we don't want looters and plunderers on our soil''

the emotions of the ones being subjugated is all too clear.

[Oneezdan]

That gave me headache!

[electronic4evr]

I thought the organ would play by itself when cranked.....

[exquisiteoaf]

The mechanical stuff that people were able to produce before the era of mass production was often just insanely amazing and complex, as shown here. We could probably make a copy of this that worked much better nowadays, but chances are it wouldn't be shaped like a tiger viciously mauling a man.

[nimbootelime]

its ironic how they play rule brittania.

[MatthiasLoibner]

excellent. thanks for uploading.

[AndSper]

horrible