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SAs 15691

Producer unknown to us
Figurine in traditional costume
Asia, Union of Burma
1964/65
Wood, lathed and painted
Purchased by the museum from HO Centrum Warenhaus Leipzig (department store chain) in 1965
SAs 15691


This figurine of a Kachine girl in traditional costume was made in 1964/65 and exhibited at the Leipzig Spring Fair in 1965.

These objects were purchased as exhibits from various exhibition stands by the HO Centrum Warenhaus Leipzig.  According to in-house lore, the Leipzig museum secured an informal right of pre-emption for decorative art objects that were not returned to their countries of origin by the exhibitors. The department store sold the remaining pieces to the citizens of Leipzig.

Dietmar Grundmann

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