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Tiger hunt was a popular sport for the Colonialists and this decoration is a piece of art to show it from 1959.

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Sumatran tigers from Taronga Zoo in Sydney, Australia, 1919 - 1920

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Tiger hunted in Indonesia in 1920

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In the early 1900s tigers were seen as a problem, trophy and a pest. Tiger densities were high during this period especially in the tropical forests of Sumatra and many foreign companies hired hunters to clear sumatran tigers from their land. Famous hunter such as A.C Van der Valk have killed hundreds of tigers during his assignments in Sumatra, Indonesia which he mentioned his experience in his book "Vangen en jagen in Sumatra’s wildernis / A.C. van der Valk". The arrival of cars in Sumatra helped the hunters alot, they made travelling easier.

The picture below shows H.L. van Wijk, a hunter who was hired by Bataafse Petroleum Maatschappij, brought a dead tiger tied to his car. Bataafse Petroleum Maatschappij (BPM), also known as Bataafsche Petroleum Maatschappij (English: Batavian Oil Company) was a subsidiary of the Royal Dutch Shell oil company established in 1907 which extracted and refined oil in the Netherlands East Indies (Indonesia).

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