Carlotta - the museum database

B07 :: Inköp från handelshus

Object description

1909 köpte Etnografiska Museet en samling om 330 föremål från Firma Umlauff i Hamburg. Av dessa var 149 från Taiwan, eller Formosa, det tidigare portugisiska namnet på ön. Föremålen kommer från några av Taiwans ursprungliga etniska grupper, främst paiwan och atayal. Dessa grupper talar austronesiska språk. Det anses att inflyttningen till Stilla havets övärld skedde från Taiwan.

Idag utgör dessa grupper knappt 2 % av Taiwans dryga 23 miljoner invånare. Den kinesiska majoriteten har invandrat i två vågor. Huvuddelen kom under perioden från 1600-talet till slutet av 1800-talet. Resten har sitt ursprung i de anhängare till Guomindang som tog sin tillflykt till ön efter andra världskriget och Chiang Kai-sheks nederlag 1949.

När samlingen kom till, mellan 1895 och 1945, var Taiwan en japansk koloni. Ursprungsfolken studerades och skulle assimileras. Det skedde ofta med hårdhänta metoder. Den lilla träskulpturen visar sannolikt hur en paiwan har avbildat en japansk kolonisatör.

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B07

Titel

Inköp från handelshus

Titel, engelska

Purchases from trading companies

Beskrivning

Beskrivning - engelska

In 1909 the Museum of Ethnography purchased a collection of 330 objects from Umlauff Inc. in Hamburg. Out of these, 149 items originated from Taiwan or Formosa, the former Portuguese name of this island. They are from some of Taiwan’s indigenous ethnic groups, primarily paiwan and atayai. These groups speak Austronesian languages. It is generally believed that people first settling in the Pacific Ocean archipelago arrived from Taiwan.

Today, the two groups constitute less than 2 % of the population of Taiwan which is 23 million. The Chinese majority has immigrated in two waves. The main part came in a period that lasted from the 17th till the end of the 19th century. The rest of them originate from Guomindang supporters who fled to the island after World War II and the defeat of Chiang Kai-shek in 1949.

When the items were collected, between 1895 and 1945, Taiwan was a Japanese colony. Its indigenous populations were studied and they were to be assimilated. This was often done by use of rather brutal methods. The wooden statuette probably demonstrates how a paiwan artist would depict a Japanese colonizer.

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