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Knitting sheath
Restitution status: Dubiousness is still to be clarified
Categories: Further categories / Further kinds of objects
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Description
Knitting sheath, possibly a souvenir article. The smooth lower part would have been put into the skirt or waistband. The upper part, in the shape of a full-bosomed woman with an oval, cap-like headdress, veil, basket with handle and an umbrella. Below the woman is a plinth, on both sides of which there is a bearded man’s head. Parts are painted red (décolleté, basket handle, umbrella, edge of plinth). At the upper end a ca. 6.5 cm long hole has been bored, into which the knitting needle would have been inserted. Corfu or Lefkada ?, Greece.
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Provenance Data
Former owner according to museum / collection
Provenance according to museum / collection
Collection of Greek embroidery and wood carvings, Arthur Haberlandt from Athens
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.