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Hand distaff
Restitution status: Dubiousness is still to be clarified
Categories: Further categories / Further kinds of objects
Object Data
Artist
Museum
Inventory Number
ÖMV/46092
Description
Distaff made from hardwood, stick divided into six staggered segments of unequal length, separated from each other by two to four profiled and grooved rings. The fields with geometric and stylized floral motives are decorated with chip carving. At the bottom end is a knob. At the upper end there were originally four pointed prongs, two of which have broken off leaving two remaining.
Height
31.7 cm
Width
1.7 cm
Period
1st half of the 19th Century, 2nd half of the 19th Century
Provenance Data
Former owner according to museum / collection
unknown
Means of acquisition not clear
Provenance according to museum / collection
Collection of Greek embroidery and wood carvings, Arthur Haberlandt from Athens
Board of the Society for Folk Life and Folk Art
No decision has been reached so far.
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.
Request Object
© Art restitution National Fund of the Republic Austria for Victims of National Socialism