The Spaces of Colonial Objects : The Colonial World and the Kunstkammer 1.

This chapter frames the first part of the book by outlining the two interrelated spaces in which colonial objects existed in the early modern period: the colonial world, bound together by an enormous circulation of objects (commodities, luxury goods, collectibles, natural history specimens); and the Kunstkammer, a display space peculiar to early modern Europe, in which many of these objects were put on display. The chapter states that Sweden’s role in the intertwined histories of these two spaces—the colonial world and the Kunstkammer—deserves greater attention.