Knitted wood handle

Restitution status: Dubiousness is still to be clarified

Categories: Further categories / Further kinds of objects

Object Data

 

Artist

Museum

Inventory Number

ÖMV/46091

Description

Knitted wood handle in the shape of a woman in fashionable costume with hat and mantilla, fish and symmetrical birds below.

Height

18.9 cm

Width

2.8 cm

Period

20th Century

Provenance Data

 

Former owner according to museum / collection

Unknown

Provenance

Means of acquisition not clear

Provenance according to museum / collection

Collection of Greek Embroideries and Wood Carvings of Arthur Haberlandt from Athens

Committee in charge

Board of the Society for Folk Life and Folk Art

Decision

No decision has been reached so far.

Implementation

The art or cultural object is kept in the museum/in the collection.

Annotations

The acquisition of the object in Athens by Director Arthur Haberlandt as well as its transport was made possible with the cooperation with the German legation in Athens. However, there are no documents proving the provenance or any form of payment. This object must therefore be treated in the context of looting or expropriation

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