Knitting sheath

Restitution status: Dubiousness is still to be clarified

Categories: Further categories / Further kinds of objects

Object Data

 

Artist

Museum

Inventory Number

ÖMV/46089

Description

Knitting sheath. The smooth lower part would have been put into the skirt or waistband. The upper part, in the shape of a woman in traditional dress with a horn-like headdress and a (prayer)book carved into her hands. At the upper end a hole has been made into which the knitting needle would have been inserted. Corfu or Lefkada ?, Greece.

Height

31.2 cm

Width

2.3 cm

Period

20th Century

Provenance Data

 

Former owner according to museum / collection

unknown

Provenance

Means of acquisition not clear

Provenance according to museum / collection

Collection of Greek embroidery and wood carvings, Arthur Haberlandt from Athens

Committee in charge

Board of the Society for Folk Life and Folk Art

Decision

No decision has been reached so far.

Implementation

The art or cultural object is kept in the museum/in the collection.

Annotations

The procurement of this object in Athens by Director Arthur Haberlandt and its transport was only made possible by the German Embassy in Athens. However, no documentary evidence exists to prove its provenance or any form of payment. Therefore, this object is to be considered looted/expropriated.

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