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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, the stick created later, stained so that its color matches the board and glued. The board is made of two pieces, the upper part is currently missing, the lower part has been cut into on the side and the reverse has traces of glue. Chip carving on the front: at the top a flower with nine petals, below in two mirror-image vines rolled up at the end with a carved out border. 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.