Luschan, Felix Ritter von (1854-1924)
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As the Assistant Director of the Africa and Oceania Department at the Museum für Völkerkunde (Ethnologisches Museum) in Berlin, and as its Director after 1905, von Luschan was one of the main driving forces in the large acquisitions made by German institutions in the years following 1897 and was one of the first scholars to underline the high aesthetic value of the Benin treasures. He bought... Read more
As the Assistant Director of the Africa and Oceania Department at the Museum für Völkerkunde (Ethnologisches Museum) in Berlin, and as its Director after 1905, von Luschan was one of the main driving forces in the large acquisitions made by German institutions in the years following 1897 and was one of the first scholars to underline the high aesthetic value of the Benin treasures.
He bought directly from shipping companies in Germany (i.e. Heinrich Bey) and dealers in London. He bartered those acquisitions that were considered as "duplicates" with other ethnographic museums in order to secure for Berlin the second largest collection of Benin treasures after the British Museum in London.
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