A collection of objects from the area of present-day Uzbekistan including some pieces from East Turkestan, purchased from Carl Wache in 1916, concluded acquisitions from West Turkestan until the period following World War II.
You can learn more about the topic in the book-album "Collections of the Federal Republic of Germany" (volume XI) in the series "Cultural Legacy of Uzbekistan in the World Collections".
The main sponsor of the project is the oilfield services company Eriell-Group.
Objects from the Collections of Gottlieb Wilhelm Leitner and Carl Wache
In 1904, at the same time as the donations from Rickmers, the Ethnological Museum received a small collection of purses and caps from the Emirate of Bukhara that had been part of the estate of the orientalist Gottlieb Wilhelm Leitner (1840 – 1899).