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Distaff
Restitution status: Dubiousness is still to be clarified
Categories: Further categories / Further kinds of objects
Object Data
Artist
Museum
Inventory Number
ÖMV/46099
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.
Height
64.5 cm
Width
6.5 cm
Period
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