Pranas Dužinskas
Wooden vase with figurines of musicians
Europe, Lithuania, Tryškiai
1972–74
Wood, amber, metal; lathed, carved, decorated, lacquered
State gift to Erich Honcker (1st Secretary of the Central Committee of the SED) from the CPSU Lithuania in 1974
Handed over to the Museum für Völkerkunde Dresden by the Museum für Deutsche Geschichte Berlin in 1983
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This wooden vase was lathed and carved. Its rim holds six figurines of musicians with wind instruments. A few pieces of amber are inlaid in the floral ornaments. This item was a gift from the Central Committee of the CPSU Lithuania to Erich Honecker in 1974. Afterward, it was kept at the Museum für Deutsche Geschichte until it was transferred to the Museum für Völkerkunde Dresden in February 1983.
Frank Usbeck