Friedrich Stammeshaus
Friedrich Stammeshaus | |
|---|---|
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| Born | 1881 |
| Died | 1957 Amsterdam |
| Allegiance | Dutch |
| Battles/wars | Aceh War |
Friedrich Wilhelm Stammeshaus (Sigli (Sumatra), 3 June 1881 - Amsterdam, 21 August 1957)
Background[edit]
Stammeshaus was the son of a Prussian health officer employed by KNIL and a Chinese Tjit Nio mother from Java. At the age of four, Stammeshaus Jr. was brought to the Netherlands to attend a boarding school. He then attended the HBS in Tilburg. His father founded a new family in 1886 with a Dutch woman in the Dutch East Indies.[1]
At the age of nineteen, Stammeshaus reported to the Colonial Reserve in Harderwijk and after training for Sergeant, left for the Dutch East Indies three years later, in 1903. He was transferred in 1904 to the supply and replenishment column of the Korps Marechaussee te voet on Sumatra. He fought here in the Aceh War.
In January 1909, Stammeshaus resigned honorably and began a career in the colonial government. He served as governor and inspector in the Acehnese districts of Calang, Seulimeum and Lhoknga, until this position was abolished in 1931.[2]
Collection[edit]
During the Colonial Exhibition in Semarang (August to 15 November 1914), Stammeshaus displayed art objects from his private collection in the Aceh pavilion. The original intention was to dismantle the pavilion and move to the Netherlands. Because of the success of the exhibition, Stammeshaus posed to the military governor of Aceh; General Henri Nicolas Alfred Swart proposed to transfer the pavilion to Kutaradja (now Banda Aceh) in Aceh, and to develop it into a museum. On August 31, 1915 it was officially opened on the Esplanade of Kutaradja. Stammeshaus became the museum's first curator and remained in that position until 1933.
Partly due to his collection and his great knowledge of the language and culture of the inhabitants of Aceh, "Toean Stammeshaus" has gaining prestige from both colonial rule and the population. He also laid the foundation for the Dutch-Acehnese dictionary.
After his retirement, Stammeshaus sold his personal collection of 1,300 ethnographic objects to the Colonial Institute in Amsterdam, now the Tropenmuseum. There were many highlights of Aceh items in this collection, including gold jewelry, Acehic weapons, amulets, photographs, and utensils. The most famous sold to the Tropenmuseum is the personal coat of Teukoe Oemar.[3]
References[edit]
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- ↑ http://collectie.wereldculturen.nl/default.aspx?idx=ALL&field=*&search=496-3#/query/bb238ea4-cd35-4546-b584-18f61b337123
- ↑ Klein Nagelvoort, J. Toean Stammeshaus. Arnhem: LM Publishers, 2019
- ↑ http://museum.acehprov.go.id/profil/index/index.php
