No. 402A | ||
A crank with wooden handle and an iron extension used to turn the movement of one's hand to movement of the gears or straps of a machine. | ||
How and when did you acquire this object? | Lia gave it to me when she found it on the balcony of her house, where it was used to open and close the tent. I used it to open the mechanism of the large table i bought in Monastiraki, which used to belong to a Greek shipowner from Kifisia. |
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Approximately when did it expire? Why? | When the tent got old, it briefly received a new use, then it became a work of art, arte povera..., and then again... |
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Where has it been located since the time of its expiration? | Has been on a balcony on Vas. Sofias Street since its use for the tent expired. |
No. 402B | ||
Plastic bracelet with the patient's data. | ||
How and when did you acquire this object? | While being hospitalized for partial retina detachment at my right eye, they put it around my hand, as usually. | |
Approximately when did it expire? Why? | As soon as i left the hospital. I don't need it anymore, since I have regained my consiousness... |
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Where has it been located since the time of its expiration? | Around my hand, as a souvenir, for a few days after I left the hospital, and then in a package on the way to New York. |