"Transformation(s) Through Time"

Many centuries ago, an elephant died. From its body, eroded by time, a pair of tusks were extracted and taken by expert craftsmen of India. From there, the elephant was given a new life in the form of this leonine ivory statue. Little did the elephant know that it would play a role in a coming of events that characterized the Indian subcontinent and its relations with distant empires and merchants… until it found its way to a museum in the Netherlands and was born once again.