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Tipu's Tiger: The Coolest Museum Artefact of All Time

In this video I show you a beautiful tiger and his powerful growls. Tipu's Tiger was made in the late 18th Century, and can probably play Darude - Sandstorm. Sources & further reading/watching: → Tipu's Tiger info page | V&A | https://www.vam.ac.uk/articles/tipus-tiger → Dr Renate Dohmen talks about context and technical operation of Tipu's Tiger | Open Arts Archive | https://youtu.be/XNJRjV8K1yg → Tipu Sultan papers reveal wealth of spoils after India siege | The Guardian | https://www.theguardian.com/world/2012/jul/09/tipu-sultan-papers-reveal-spoils → The British Stole Tipu’s Magic Box. It Should Not Be for Sale. | The New York Times | https://www.nytimes.com/2019/06/27/opinion/the-british-stole-tipus-magic-box-it-should-not-be-for-sale.html → Tiger's Head | Royal Collection Trust | https://www.rct.uk/collection/67212/tigers-head → Spotlight on V&A India Collections | V&A | https://youtu.be/jVPq_7kIufw → Wikipedia pages: Tipu's Tiger, Tipu Sultan, Kingdom of Mysore, Anglo-Mysore Wars, Treaty of Seringapatam, Fourth Anglo-Mysore War ┌∪•ᴥ•∪┘♡ ★ Patreon: https://www.patreon.com/mothcub ★ Twitter: https://twitter.com/cubmoth ★ Tumblr: http://mothcub.tumblr.com ★ Contribute subtitles: https://goo.gl/SmKjEi ♡ヽ(｡• ε •｡) (𝒽𝑒𝓎 𝓉𝒶𝓀𝑒 𝓉𝒽𝒾𝓈!)╯