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Distaff
Restitution status: Dubiousness is still to be clarified
Categories: Further categories / Further kinds of objects
Object Data
Artist
Museum
Description
Distaff. Stick and board carved from one piece of wood. Stick has two parts with a dark wooden cuff under the uppermost quarter, secured with an iron pin. The board has partial zigzag borders and the lower half is carved out with fine chip carving decoration on the front: geometric motifs, zigzag lines, a flower with six petals, a Greek cross, above it a stylized Greek figure. On the reverse is a spike to secure the wad of sheep’s fleece. Lefkada, Greece.
Height
82 cm
Width
9.3 cm
Period
2nd half of the 19th Century, 20th 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