Facebook
Twitter
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
Width
Period
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.