What are you supposed to do when you stumble upon a taxidermized jaguar’s head whilst clearing out your late auntie’s apartment? What are the origins of this stuffed animal? What is possible, necessary, and pointless in case of a private discovery of colonial flotsam? This text tells the story of a quest for the origins of the family heirloom and of the attempt of its restitution across continents.
“Jaguarkopf auf Reisen” (A Jaguar’s Head Hitting the Road). a report by Jonas Lüthfrom Reportagen #75, March 2024
Actor: Kilian Land
Director: Roger Vontobel
Assistance: Lisa-Katharina Breuer
Followed by a conversation about post-colonial responsibility
Daniel Puntas Bernet
Editor in chief of Reportagen
and
Christian Schicklgruber
Vienna Weltmuseum