The Challenge of Authentication: The Impact of Trade on Museum Collections
Marlon Martin discusses how museum collections are affected by the trade in antiquities, particularly the circulation of counterfeit Ifugao objects. He explains how the demand from collectors has encouraged the production of objects that appear old but are recently made, making authenticity difficult to verify. Martin highlights the lack of documentation about original Ifugao owners and how objects are often identified through collectors instead of communities.
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Rice granary guardian male and female figures (bululs)
Attributed to the carver Taguiling
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Marlon
Martin
Executive Director of Save the Ifugao Terraces Movement
Co-director of Ifugao Archaeological Project
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