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The cases list the weight, height, length and brain size of a rhinoceros – averaging over the five different species. Height: 1,3 – 1,9 m Length: 2,8 – 4 m Mass: 800 – 2300 kg Brain size: 400–600 g Research on the rhinoceros brain is fairly limited. Differences in the white and black rhino brain … Read more 19

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This case contains images of banknotes from countries around the world, including: Tanzania, Sudan, Namibia, South Africa, India, Congo, Indonesia, Swaziland and Nepal. The first paper banknote is believed to have originated in China during the 7th century. In the 16th century, during Albrecht Dürer’s lifetime, goldsmith-bankers began to accept gold coin deposits in exchange for … Read more 18

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Herbert Lang joined the taxidermy department at the America Museum in 1903, initially working on bird exhibits. He accompanied game hunter Richard Tjader on an expedition to Kenya in 1906, from which they brought 178 mammal specimens back to the museum. In 1909 he undertook the Congo Expedition with James Chapin. Here he collected the … Read more 14

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In this cabinet Catholic host wafers are emblazoned with a gold cross of the Order of Christ, an icon associated with the Portuguese voyages of discovery and flown on the caravels that sailed around the African coast in the 1500s. The Belém Monstrance was made in 1506 from gold brought to Lisbon by Vasco da … Read more 13

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This case presents 24 copies of a rhinoceros tooth (the minimum number of teeth a rhino has) from the Museum of Natural History, Oxford’s collection, presented after his death by his sister in 1865. This, together with seven other molars was identified by A.J.E Cave in 1962 as belonging to a white rhinoceros, the lectotype … Read more 12

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A strategy used in the exhibition is mirroring and reflection. The mirror is able to shift subject/object relations, making the viewer consciously complicit within the viewing experience. On the most obvious level, the viewer’s reflection becomes part of what is viewed – a point of self-reflection – but more than that, the moving reflection introduces … Read more 11

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A library catalogue box of select events used in the exhibition Versailles Rhino: 1770-1793 South African border wars: -1990 Hagenbeck’s Zoo, Hamburg: 1863 Rudolf II purchase: 1597 Dissection of ZSL rhino London: 1849 Dead Zoo Gang arrested: 2016 Smithsonian-Roosevelt African Expedition: 1909-1915 Dürer’s Rhino: 1515 Clara the Dutch Rhino: 1738-1758 White Rhinoceros Diorama AMNH: 1937 … Read more 10

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Text etched on metal plate taken from Roualeyn Gordon-Cumming, 1856 (1850) Chapter XI, Five Years of a Hunter’s Life in the Far Interior of South Africa. Volume 2 Roualeyn Gordon-Cumming, known as the ‘lion hunter,’ was a Scottish nobleman who hunted in South Africa between 1843-48.   The story of his expeditions are recounted in his … Read more 27