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Distaff
Restitution status: Dubiousness is still to be clarified
Categories: Further categories / Further kinds of objects
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Description
Distaff. Stick and board carved from one piece of wood.The upper profiled quarter of the stick is separated by a dark colored cuff. The board has chip carving on the front: geometric motifs, bands of diamonds, the slightly deeper background designed as a rhomb using diagonal crossing fine lines. On top is an x-shaped bundle made from four leafy vines and above them two offshoots. Lefkada, Greece.
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Provenance Data
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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.