Van Ingen Tiger Rug

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Van ingen tiger rug.

Van ingen van ingen simply van ingen or van ingen of mysore 1900 1999 were indian taxidermists located in mysore south india best known for their tiger and leopard taxidermy trophy mounts. It is even rarer to find tiger skin rugs in perfect condition with all its claws unfaded and like the day it let the shop. The display of tiger skins and having photographs taken with your kill was a way to display dominance over a fierce and powerful animal which had come to symbolise india itself. A fine taxidermy tiger skin rug panthera tigris by vaningen vaningen mysorecirca 1946 taken by t g.

A history of taxidermy. On black felt edged canvas backing with taxidermist s labelling and stencil marks. The van ingens served the highest if international nobility. Tiger skin rug by van ingen circa 1920 very rare piece having 1 2 mounted head no lower jaw this piece has had some restoration but still a super piece of history from the greatest taxidermy works of the last century.

Macneill rehabari northern assam north eastern india 23 02 1946 with the famous vaningen gnarling face jaw agape hand painted glass eyes mounted upon typical original canvas backing van ingen care label to verso and van ingen mysore stencilling to a canvas backing. Historical taxidermy created by van ingen of mysore india. A tiger skin rug with full head mount by van ingen van ingen mysore india. It is rare to find tiger skin rigs in great condition.

Van ingen and van ingen of mysore south india taxidermis. Not just any shop the best taxidermist of tiger of its day. Indian wild dog head. Art science and bad taste morris 2006 states that van ingen factory processed more than 43 000 tiger and leopard trophies in less than 90 years of operation.

A pictoral view of the work of van ingen of mysore tiger head.