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'The day book entry of 29 April 1901 acknowledges the arrival of 10 Benin objects (RV-1286-1 to -10) that were bought from J.F.G. Umlauff in Hamburg.[...] Later that year on 3 July 1901 Umlauff sold 7 objects (RV-1310-1 to -7) to the museum.'
'On 7 June 1901 Umlauff sent an offer of Benin artworks (RV-1310-1 to -7). The offer was accepted on 19 June and the objects were shipped on 4 July 1901 (CL-L: NL-LdnRMV-A1-277-1/282 [89]). Finally, ‘Bought from J.F.G. Umlauff in Hamburg. 7 Benin bronzes’ became part of the collection. The museum register lists the objects together with ‘old numbers’ which are likely to have been Umlauff’s own numbering system (MR-L: NL-LdnRMV-A3-048-15).' (See also in this record 'andere nummers').
'As with the acquisition of the Webster collection, Schmeltz again needed to secure funds. He first accepted the objects as a loan before acquiring them officially. The annual report documents the acquired series in detail and includes the names of all the donors for the acquisition (AR-L 1900-1901: 15). The annual report of the following year confirms the earlier statement saying that ‘The collections from the Kingdom of Benin were expanded in the much-desired way, first of all through a gift, for which we owe thanks to an anonymous benefactor, for objects that were up till now on loan to the Museum.’ The objects range across the three Umlauff series (RV-1286, RV-1310, RV-1355).'
(Excerpt based on Provenance no. 2 'The Benin Collections at the National Museum of World Cultures, written by Rosalie Hans with Annette Schmidt, 13-01-2021).
For more information about the provenance, see <a href="https://issuu.com/tropenmuseum/docs/2021_provenance_2__benin__e-book" target="_blank"> Provenance #2 – the Benin collections at the National Museum of World Cultures </a> (NB: Issuu uses cookies).