Provenance #5 presents recent research into the Wereldmuseum’s China collections by eight different researchers.
The objects range from 18th-century porcelain to 20th-century woodblock prints, which were made and used in the context of international trade, imperialism, diplomacy and religious missions.
As such, these ‘Chinese’ objects show connections with Korea, South Africa, and Peru, among others. As this is the first Provenance issue since the name change to Wereldmuseum, it also includes an overview of the different names the museum has had since 1837.
Provenance #1 – Existing collections such as missionary collections from the Afrika Museum, Chinese Buddha heads, a feather headdress from Papua New Guinea and a model ox cart from South Africa.
But new acquisitions are also discussed, such as Kawahara Keiga’s folding screen and Susan Stockwell’s Territory Dress.
