Tibetan Objects in the Náprstek Museum
| Pages | 65–78 |
|---|---|
| DOI | 10.1515/anpm-2018-0013 |
| Keywords | Tibet, history of museum collections, orientalism, Náprstek museum, post-war Czechoslovakia |
| Type of Article | Peer-reviewed |
| Citation | HEROLDOVÁ, Helena. Tibetan Objects in the Náprstek Museum. Annals of the Náprstek Museum. Prague: National Museum, 2018, 39(2), 65–78. DOI: https://doi.org/10.1515/anpm-2018-0013. ISSN 0231-844X (print), 2533-5685 (online). Also available from: https://publikace.nm.cz/en/periodicals/aotnpm/39-2/tibetan-objects-in-the-naprstek-museum |
The Naprstek Museum of Asian, African and American Cultures acquired two hundred items from Tibet in the 1950s: bronze sculptures, paintings and ritual implements. These items came from private collections confiscated after the Second War World according to the presidential decrees dealing with the post-war state reconstruction. Although the administration of the confiscated properties was meticulous, the transfer of items to the Naprstek Museum interrupted the history of ownership and meant the loss of the historical knowledge of its origin. As the result, the Tibet collection in the Naprstek Museum reveals more about the political and social history of post-war Czechoslovakia than about the perception of Tibetan culture in Czechoslovakia during the first half of the 20th century.
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