RESEARCH
Archives & Provenance
PUBLICATIONS
Research on archives, archival theory and provenance. For publications related to restitutions see the Projects page.
Onderzoek over archieven, archief theorie en herkomst. Voor publicaties gerelateerd aan restituties zie de Projects pagina.
Copyright Boudewijn Bollmann, 2024.
PUBLICATIONS
2025 – Blog post
‘Seven Ceremonial Objects of the Ysleta del Sur Pueblo’, in Provenance research blog #2. Written by Sofia Lovegrove (also available in Dutch).
2025 – Article
‘Three Problems in Provenance Research’, in Pressing Matter: Threads of Time #2, pp. 13-19.
2023 – Conference paper
‘Three Problems in Provenance Research’, Pressing Matter Consortium Meeting, 16 June 2023.
2017 - Archival User's Guide
‘The Archives of the NZASM: A Guide for Researchers’.
2016 - Archival Description
[Personal archive] / Johann Frederik Holleman, ca. 1945-63.
2016 - Archival Description
[Personal archive] / Frederik David Holleman, ca. 1939-57.
RESEARCH
Mozambique
PUBLICATIONS
Research on Mozambican collections in the Netherlands.
Onderzoek over Mozambicaanse collecties in Nederland.
Reference: Collectie Wereldmuseum, RV-2211-477.
PUBLICATIONS
2025 - Blog Post
‘A beaded headdress from Mozambique’, in Provenance research blog #3. Written by Sofia Lovegrove (also available in Dutch).
2023 - MA Thesis
‘The Collection as Archive – Mozambican Collections in the Netherlands’.
RESEARCH
Southern Africa
PUBLICATIONS
Research on Southern African collections in the Netherlands.
Onderzoek over collecties uit Zuidelijk Afrika in Nederland.
Reference: Wereldmuseum Leiden, RV-2584-169a.
PUBLICATIONS
2025 - Blog post
‘An unremarkable pot from Lesotho – provenance research in practice’.
2024 - Journal Article
‘Imagining South Africa through Chinese Objects’, in Provenance #5, pp. 37-49.
2024 - Book Chapter
‘South African Leather Dolls in the Royal Cabinet of Rarities’, in Justine Rinnooy Kan and Sheila Reda (eds.): The Lost Museum: Royal Cabinet of Rarities in the Mauritshuis, pp. 145-148 (also available in Dutch).
The Lost Museum: Royal Cabinet of Rarities in the Mauritshuis → / web archive →
2024 - Book chapter
‘Two Images of a House in Colonial Cape Town’, in Wayne Modest and Wendeline Flores (eds.): Our Colonial Inheritance, pp. 100-104 (also available in Dutch).
2020 - Journal Article
‘Model ox-wagon: Prisoner of war art and pro-Boer propaganda’, in Provenance #1, pp. 47-57.
2017 - Book chapter
‘Intermezzo 27: Mistaken Identity: The Face of a Symbol’, in Martine Gosselink, Maria Holtrop, and Robert Ross (eds.): Good Hope. South Africa and the Netherlands from 1600, Rijksmuseum and Uitgeverij VanTilt, pp. 296-297 (also available in Dutch).
IN THE MEDIA
INTERVIEWS
2025 - Mozambique
2024 - Provenance
Kanaal, ‘Ré-apprendre à connaître son passé colonial’
2022 - Southern Africa
Wereld Museum Leiden, ‘Onverwachte Ontmoetingen: Ossewagen’