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BLACK WARE TERRA COTTA HANGING POT
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Item Number: 07-760
The rebuilding of
Germany and its economy under the crushing terms of the Treaty of
Versailles which ended World War I, brought with it a sense of unity
and nationalism. Unification was less than 50 year old and Germans
referred to themselves by their individual racial heritage, a practice
still popular in places, such as the Swabian south. The need for common
ancestors, (and if they be created, why not a super race) manifested
itself in many ways. A particularly curious one was the creation, in
the early 1930s, by the Modellwerkstatt des Reichsbundes fuer Deutsche
(Model workshop of the realm Federation for Germans) of model artifacts
of imagined Neolithic ancestors. Weapons, tools, vessels and machine
like devices were created with near Flintstone imagination.
Characteristic German quality standards were used to recreate the stick
and log components as well as the ceramics, blades and bits.
Undoubtedly used as a traveling exhibition, their ingenuity would make
any German proud of his heritage. After World War II, financial
rebuilding was again needed and the creators of the collection,
unpopular. The collection was liquidated and all or part acquired by
the Detroit Institute of Arts where it evidently laid in storage. In
2000 it was deaccessioned, identified as from the German Prehistoric
Society and we purchased all but a few household items. The following
are from that collection. To our knowledge, each is the only example of
its type. Each bears Detroit Institute of Arts collection numbers
(except for the spears and fishing rod which were numbered with tags,
now removed) and is in excellent antique condition with fine age
character. Each represents an extraordinary piece in the puzzle of the
rise from devastation to world dominance in just two decades, the
extraordinary will of the German people, and power of the Nazi
government. Each is accompanied by certification of authenticity and
provenance.
7 height. Bulbous body with conical bottom and flared lip. The base
with a projecting lip pierced for suspension by numerous cords.
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