The Chinese-Indonesian collections in the National Museum of World Cultures, the Netherlands

Among the more than 130,000 objects from Indonesia in the Dutch National Museum of World Cultures, many once belonged to or were used by the Chinese population of Indonesia. In this article, the authors provide an overview of these collections by presenting their collecting histories from the earlie...

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Main Authors: Francine Brinkgreve, Johanna Leijfeldt
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: University of Indonesia 2017-05-01
Series:Wacana: Journal of the Humanities of Indonesia
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Online Access:http://wacana.ui.ac.id/index.php/wjhi/article/view/586
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spelling doaj-40cbd3175ded46399c438caccdb19d7a2021-07-08T04:08:04ZengUniversity of IndonesiaWacana: Journal of the Humanities of Indonesia1411-22722407-68992017-05-0118227531410.17510/wacana.v18i2.586460The Chinese-Indonesian collections in the National Museum of World Cultures, the NetherlandsFrancine Brinkgreve0Johanna Leijfeldt1Insular Southeast Asia collection at the National Museum of World CulturesNational Museum of World CulturesAmong the more than 130,000 objects from Indonesia in the Dutch National Museum of World Cultures, many once belonged to or were used by the Chinese population of Indonesia. In this article, the authors provide an overview of these collections by presenting their collecting histories from the earliest acquisitions to the most recent collections and by highlighting a number of objects, which in their materials, techniques, motifs, colours or function show a combination of elements from both Chinese and Indonesian cultures. The authors pay particular attention to objects which play a role in the Chinese-Indonesian wedding ceremony.http://wacana.ui.ac.id/index.php/wjhi/article/view/586chinese indonesiansperanakannational museum of world culturesnationaal museum van wereldculturenmuseum collections
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The Chinese-Indonesian collections in the National Museum of World Cultures, the Netherlands
Wacana: Journal of the Humanities of Indonesia
chinese indonesians
peranakan
national museum of world cultures
nationaal museum van wereldculturen
museum collections
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title The Chinese-Indonesian collections in the National Museum of World Cultures, the Netherlands
title_short The Chinese-Indonesian collections in the National Museum of World Cultures, the Netherlands
title_full The Chinese-Indonesian collections in the National Museum of World Cultures, the Netherlands
title_fullStr The Chinese-Indonesian collections in the National Museum of World Cultures, the Netherlands
title_full_unstemmed The Chinese-Indonesian collections in the National Museum of World Cultures, the Netherlands
title_sort chinese-indonesian collections in the national museum of world cultures, the netherlands
publisher University of Indonesia
series Wacana: Journal of the Humanities of Indonesia
issn 1411-2272
2407-6899
publishDate 2017-05-01
description Among the more than 130,000 objects from Indonesia in the Dutch National Museum of World Cultures, many once belonged to or were used by the Chinese population of Indonesia. In this article, the authors provide an overview of these collections by presenting their collecting histories from the earliest acquisitions to the most recent collections and by highlighting a number of objects, which in their materials, techniques, motifs, colours or function show a combination of elements from both Chinese and Indonesian cultures. The authors pay particular attention to objects which play a role in the Chinese-Indonesian wedding ceremony.
topic chinese indonesians
peranakan
national museum of world cultures
nationaal museum van wereldculturen
museum collections
url http://wacana.ui.ac.id/index.php/wjhi/article/view/586
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