Collections worldwide

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Globally, approximately 37 dinonga eidu sculptures entered European, U.S., and Australian museums and private collections during the preliminary phases and the core period of German colonial rule. Most of these carvings had been taken off the island before 1885. Due to their small number, their reception in the 'Global North' has been marked by discussion about their ‘authenticity’, provenance, and of contemporary ‘replicas’.

Collections in Germany

Museum am Rothenbaum. Cultures and Arts of the World, Hamburg (4)
Rautenstrauch-Joest-Museum. Cultures of the World, Cologne (3)
Ethnological Museum, Berlin – exhibited in the Humboldt Forum, Berlin (2)
GRASSI Museum für Völkerkunde, Leipzig (2)
Roemer-Pelizaeus Museum, Hildesheim (1)
Museum für Thüringer Volkskunde, Erfurt (1)

Collections globally

Bishop Museum, Honolulu, Hawaii (3)
Honolulu Museum of Art, Honolulu, Hawaii (1)
musée Barbier-Mueller, Geneva, Switzerland (1)
Fondation Beyeler, Basel, Schwitzerland (1)
musée du quai Branly, Paris, France – exhibited in the Pavillon des Sessions, Louvre (1)
Wereld Museum, Leiden, Netherlands (1)
British Museum, London, United Kingdom (1)
Museum of Cultural History of the University, Oslo, Norway (1)
Australian Museum, Sydney, Australia (1)
War Memorial Museum, Auckland, New Zealand (1)

Private collections and whereabouts unknown

Adelaide de Menil Collection, Houston, USA (2)
Marc and Carolyn Blackburn Collection, Honolulu (1)
Ed and Mina Smith Collection, San Diego, USA (1)
Harold and Maureen Zarember Collection, New York, USA (1)
George Ortiz Collection, Geneva, Switzerland (1)
Pierre Moos Collection (1)
other unidentified private collections (4)
whereabouts unknown (1)

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