[Ancientartifacts] Re: Guide to Responsible Collecting - Working on Point (8)

Thanks for the suggestion on how to display a mummy mask without
harming it. I wasn't planning on displaying it on the wall unless I
knew it was fake, but now I know that there is a safe way to display
it with out harming it which will ease my fears of possibly causing
damage to an authentic artifact.

Thanks again for your help,
Albert


--- In Ancientartifacts@yahoogroups.com, "rolf5568"
<heliosgallery@...> wrote:
>
> Hi,
>
> As Tarquin is visiting the BAAF fair I'll try to field points
raised
> in his absence.
>
> I think both emails so far show that the word "dispose" may not be
> ideal as it could be misunderstood to mean "discard" i.e. destroy.
I
> don't think a fake should ever be destroyed (as Robyn points out it
> can be used to educate), but it would make a potential mistake
> irreversible, and that would not be acting responsibly.
>
> Any suggestions for a concise re-wording which can not lead anyone
to
> think they should go on a wild unfettered fake-destroying rampage?!
>
> The Egyptian mask: well, plenty of people would happily drill and
> mount up an ancient mask! I'm often asked whether or not
antiquities
> should be mounted and I think the standard answer for most people
is
> as follows: If you can mount an item without causing irreversible
> damage then no harm is being done. If the mounting requires some
form
> of intrusion such as a pin or pole insertion, then try to do this
> along the line of a break, i.e. do not drill into an original
surface.
> Mounting can usually be acheived without drilling though it
involves
> more work or a more inventive approach. In the case of a mummy
mask,
> you could cut a piece of board, and attach the mask to the board
via
> a series of angled pins around the outline of the mask, thus
avoiding
> any drilling; the board could be hung on the wall as you would any
> picture. If the decoration is very fragile around the edge of the
> mask then one may have to reconsider this method or apply soft
> material of some sort to the pins to avoid excessive abrasion. The
> board can be painted the same colour as your walls or a colour
which
> emphasises the mask's decoration etc etc.
>
> Cheers,
> Rolf
>
> Rolf Kiaer
> www.heliosgallery.com

>
>
>
>
> --- In Ancientartifacts@yahoogroups.com, "niuboy08" <niuboy08@>
> wrote:
> >
> > For a piece which I aquired a few years ago...an Egyptian Mummy
> Mask,
> > I now believe it to be fake. I believe this because I can't
find
> > any information about the dealer who issued the COA, the price i
> paid
> > at the time was too low compared to similiar pieces I've seen, I
> > purchased it off of ebay (large percentage of fakes, so doubting
I
> > got lucky), comments from people on this group agree that more
than
> > likely its fake, and the wood doesn't seem old enough. My plan
> for
> > the item if I'm 100% convinced its fake is to put something on
the
> > back of it and hang it on the wall for decoration. The problem
is
> I
> > worry about, what if its real? So, before putting something in
the
> > back of it, I plan to have someone look at in person and give me
a
> > more definitive yes or no, but I highly believe its fake.
> >
> >
> >
> > --- In Ancientartifacts@yahoogroups.com, Rlcirulli1@ wrote:
> > >
> > > Hi Tarquin,
> > >
> > > On this point:
> > >
> > > If
> > > you are unable to return it, dispose of it with consideration
so
> > that it can
> > > not be used to
> > > deceive again.
> > >
> > >
> > > Could I suggest you add here about marking it properly, the way
> it
> > is worded
> > > here, it sounds like we are just suggesting that if you get a
> fake,
> > you
> > > should dispose of it, instead of marking it and possibly using
as
> a
> > learning or
> > > teaching example. This is especially true if we are going to
> rely
> > on them to
> > > click on a link to get to the FAQs
> > >
> > > Robyn
> > >
> > >
> > >
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> > &NCID=aolfod00030000000002)
> > >
> >
>

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