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Tipu's Tiger - with Sona Datta
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Tipu's Tiger is an eighteenth-century automaton created for Tipu Sultan, the ruler of the Kingdom of Mysore in India. The carved and painted wood casing represents a tiger savaging a near life-size European man. Mechanisms inside the tiger and man's bodies make one hand of the man move, emit a wailing sound from his mouth and grunts from the tiger. In addition a flap on the side of the tiger folds down to reveal the keyboard of a small pipe organ with 18 notes.
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Manage episode 174683425 series 1333983
Tipu's Tiger is an eighteenth-century automaton created for Tipu Sultan, the ruler of the Kingdom of Mysore in India. The carved and painted wood casing represents a tiger savaging a near life-size European man. Mechanisms inside the tiger and man's bodies make one hand of the man move, emit a wailing sound from his mouth and grunts from the tiger. In addition a flap on the side of the tiger folds down to reveal the keyboard of a small pipe organ with 18 notes.
View this episode's image here.
Subscribe, rate and review on iTunes and follow Janina on Twitter.
Follow History Hit on Facebook, Instagram and Twitter.
Please share this episode on Twitter and Facebook.
Producer: Dan Morelle
Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.
73 episodes
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