Object data
wood and iron
height c. 20 cm × width c. 10 cm × depth c. 8 cm
anonymous
Collection of Fifty-One Wood Samples
Indonesian Archipelago, 1850 - 1863
Inscriptions
- inscription: Kienbotto. / 1. // Kroemanti. / 3. // Malobie. / 4 Pansoenmoetie. / 5. // Mamadavie. / 6. // Blue gum. / 7. // Blue gum. / 8. // Nº 1 / 12. // Nº 2 / 13. Nº 3. / 14. // Nº 4. / 15. // Ngerawan. / 16. // Njatoeli. / 17. // Medang. / 18. // Mintangoer. / 19. // Penaga. / 20. // Ambalo. / 21 // Sintang Merbau. / 25. // Marsihong. / 30. // Djaring huntoe. / kajoe koekoe. / 31. // Kajoe Damarpoeteh. / 32. // Roehong. / 33. // IJzerhout. / 34. // Blangiran. / 35. // Boengoer. / 36. // Kaladan. / 37. // Rassak. / 38. // Boelan. / 39. // Madang danoem. / 40. // Bintangoer. / 41. // Kajoe Kom. / 43. // Kajoe Katimoen. / 46. // Kajoe Koela. / 47. // Bintango batoe. / 48. // Tjoebada aijer. / 49. // Marantih Katoeko. / 50. // Balam tambaga. / 51. // 52. / Pinago. / (takken) // 53. / Kapoer. / (Wortel) // Alabam. / 55. // Madang Ham. / 57. // Kajoe Halaban. / 58. // Kajoe Paning. / (Paning.) / 59. // Kajoe Lagan. / 60. // Kajoe Marantih. / 61. // Kajoe Madang. / (Sangiet.) / 62. // Kajoe Baroe. / 63. // Penago. / 65. // Nº 7. / 67. samples are numbered and named
Provenance
...; transferred from the Ministerie van Marine (Department of the Navy), The Hague, to the museum, 1883
Object number: NG-MC-1160
Copyright: Public domain
Entry
Collection of wood samples that is now incomplete: only fifty-one of what were originally sixty-four samples remain (see inscriptions). All samples have an inscription in white on a black metal plate, some also bear an inscription in ink on the side; one sample has neither.
These samples were examined and tested by the Navy dockyard in Amsterdam from 1863 to 1864.1 The list and the results are lost.
Literature
J.M. Obreen et al., handwritten inventory list for items 944 to 1431, 1884, manuscript in HNA 476 RMA, inv. no. 1089, no. 1160
Citation
J. van der Vliet, 2016, 'anonymous, Collection of Fifty-One Wood Samples, Indonesian Archipelago, 1850 - 1863', in J. van der Vliet and A. Lemmers (eds.), Navy Models in the Rijksmuseum, online coll. cat. Amsterdam: hdl.handle.net/10934/RM0001.COLLECT.244973
(accessed 15 May 2024 17:14:28).