Historical “Koryak‐Collection” in the Reiss‐Engelhorn Museums in Mannheim, Germany

ABSTRACT This article summarizes provenance research regarding a small collection from the Bering Sea region. The items were part of a bigger collection brought together by the painter Gabriel von Max. The city of Mannheim (Germany) purchased it from his heirs in 1917 as the founding collection of a planned museum (today's Reiss‐Engelhorn Museums).

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Museum Anthropology
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2025-09-19
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https://doi.org/10.1111/muan.70022
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Historical and Literary Studies
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Historical “Koryak‐Collection” in the Reiss‐Engelhorn Museums in Mannheim, Germany

Götz Bucher
Museum Anthropology
Historical and Literary Studies
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Historical “Koryak‐Collection” in the Reiss‐Engelhorn Museums in Mannheim, Germany

Götz Bucher
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ABSTRACT This article summarizes provenance research regarding a small collection from the Bering Sea region. The items were part of a bigger collection brought together by the painter Gabriel von Max. The city of Mannheim (Germany) purchased it from his heirs in 1917 as the founding collection of a planned museum (today's Reiss‐Engelhorn Museums).

Museum AnthropologyVol. 49(1)
Staatliches Naturhistorisches Museum (DE), Klinikum Braunschweig (DE)
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