Picture Details
Dry, unripe mango fruits
Partner:
Kew GardensImage reference:
EBC61925Origin:
Bahraich, Uttar Pradesh, IndiaDonor / Date:
Paris Exhibition, 1900Size:
W 15; L 50 mmDescription:
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These dried fruits were originally in the collection of the India Museum in London. The India Museum was formed by the East India Company in 1801 to display artefacts, natural history specimens and illustrations from the Indian subcontinent. The Museum was closed in 1879 and its collections dispersed among the London Museums and the Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew. These fruits were then displayed at the Paris Exposition Universelle in 1900 by the Divisional Forest Officer of British India. This world fair was held to celebrate the achievements of the past century and to encourage development into the next.
