A small collection of Pataxó-objects, brought together by the Prince Maximilian zu Wied-Neu- wied in 1815-1817, located in the Linden-Museum Stuttgart, did provide the basis for a visit of two indigenous researchers of the respective group. The investigation of the objects as well as the study of the Wied diaries, to which the Brasilien Bibliothek of the Robert Bosch AG did give generous access, contributed to an important process of the reconstitution of Pataxó culture and did represent a step in the process of decolonization. The Linden-Museum did play an im- portant role as contact zone, concerning this event.
