Accidental collector - old weapons ID assistance (Yao?)

Tim Simmons · 5th November 2014, 05:49 PM

Hmmm, Still not convinced. Not that I know better. But look at the top Asian knife in the online collection. Through out the history of this site, time and time again examples of prestigious museum miss-identification have been brought to light.

spiral · 5th November 2014, 06:39 PM

I know what you mean Tim, but personally ill accept it for these... 3 out of 4 are provenanced to separate donors, all of whom only donated items from that region...

Unless someone can provide further evidence?

can someone merge these threads? as they are will just add further confusion to a possibly solved riddle...

spiral

ps.

I guess that's nothing new though...

5th November 2014, 06:39 PM	#2
spiral Member Join Date: Dec 2004 Posts: 1,712	I know what you mean Tim, but personally ill accept it for these... 3 out of 4 are provenanced to separate donors, all of whom only donated items from that region... Unless someone can provide further evidence? can someone merge these threads? as they are will just add further confusion to a possibly solved riddle... spiral ps. I guess that's nothing new though... Last edited by spiral; 5th November 2014 at 11:55 PM.

5th November 2014, 05:49 PM	#1
Tim Simmons Member Join Date: Dec 2004 Location: What is still UK Posts: 5,854	Hmmm, Still not convinced. Not that I know better. But look at the top Asian knife in the online collection. Through out the history of this site, time and time again examples of prestigious museum miss-identification have been brought to light.