Wasil Jakovich Tonjuk
Wall plate
Europe, USSR, Ukrainian SSR, Ivano-Frankivsk oblast, Ritschka
1985
Maple wood, lathe, relief carving, mother-of-pearl inlay
Presented to the GDR leadership by USSR state officials from 1985–87
Handed over to the museum by the Central Committee of the Socialist Unity Party in 1987
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This maple wall plate comes with relief carvings and mother-of-pearl inlays. It was produced in western Ukraine in 1985 and apparently was part of a state gift to GDR leadership. In 1987, the Central Committee of the Socialist Unity Party handed it over to the Leipzig museum.
Frank Usbeck