From museum objects to trading goods: the ethnographic doublet

Authors

  • Beatrix Hoffmann-Ihde

DOI:

https://doi.org/10.23690/jams.v6i1.140

Abstract

Between 1873 and 1973 the Museum für Völkerkunde Berlin deaccessioned about 30,000 objects from its collections. Almost all of the items had been removed as so-called doublets.
In relation to the unique character of ethnographic objects this raises questions about a doublet’s meaning and the background of this part of museum history. This paper explains how the term ‘doublet’ was used and why this resulted in a severe loss of unique ethnographic objects.

Downloads

Published

2022-08-09

How to Cite

Hoffmann-Ihde, B. (2022). From museum objects to trading goods: the ethnographic doublet. Journal for Art Market Studies, 6(1). https://doi.org/10.23690/jams.v6i1.140

Issue

Vol. 6 No. 1 (2022): Museums Trading on the Art Market

Section

Articles

License

Except where otherwise noted, the Journal for Art Market Studies is licensed under the Creative Commons Attribution-Non-commercial 4.0 International license (https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc/4.0/). Articles can be read and shared if attribution is given to the original source (BY) and the use is not for commercial purposes (NC).