The First Air Wars — North Africa and the Balkans, 1911-13

París, Michael

doi:10.1177/002200949102600105

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“…Worth noting, although occurring much later than the LAD, the earliest air flights in North Africa (aside from very occasional miliary flights in the Italo‐Turkish war and First World War; Paris, 1991) were undertaken largely by French aviators in the 1920s, later becoming air postal services. The significance of these early flights rests on the one known photograph of a living wild Barbary lion (Figure 2), taken by Marcelin Flandrin from an aeroplane during a flight over the southern High Atlas Mountains of Morocco in 1925 (Black et al, 2013; Black, 2020).…”

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The natural history of lions in North Africa and the relevance of their depiction in the “Lions Attacking a Dromedary” diorama

Fellous‐Djardini,

Yamaguchi,

Al Hikmani

et al. 2023

Curator The Museum Journal

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The diorama “Lions Attacking a Dromedary” is notorious, not just as a remarkable 19th century example of taxidermy, but also its controversial representation of human culture and animals, its questionable accuracy and the murky ethics of the materials sourced for its construction. This study examines whether the diorama is a reasonable representation of the Barbary lion in North Africa. We review the history of lions in North Africa and their interaction with humans in the 19th and 20th centuries. The ecology and biology of North African lions, supported by scientific knowledge of the species, enables assessment of the value of diorama depiction, whether it is realistic and informative, or an artistic interpretation, or mere fiction. Furthermore, if the depiction is fictional, whether the representation is entirely unrepresentative, or at worst a stereotypic fabrication based on Western colonial perspectives of the 1800s. The paper does not explore cultural aspects, although refers to the experiences of people in local communities as well as colonial visitors through 150 documented accounts of lions in the region (modern day Morocco, Algeria, and Tunisia) between 1830 and 1960. The analysis explores whether real experiences are reflected in the depiction presented in the diorama and identifies that some aspects of the exhibit can be considered authentic, while others appear to emphasize drama rather than lived reality. Recommendations are offered for well‐informed future presentation of “Lions Attacking a Dromedary.”

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confidence: 99%