Swiss colonial science. Fritz and Paul Sarasin were scientists who travelled to British controlled Ceylon and Dutch ruled Celebes during the last decades of the 19th century. The elephant slain here had a calf that was shipped to Basel Zoo. From The Sarasins in Sri Lanka, 1883–1907
On display at the National Museum Zurich in the Swiss Global Entanglements exhibition from 13.9.2024 - 19.1.2025.
Copyright: ETH-Bibliothek Zürich. Used with permission (Press release).
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