Malcolm Choat
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Malcolm Choat
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Historian, papyrologist, Coptologist: forgery, authenticity, ethics, and provenance; scribal practice in Greek and Coptic papyri; Coptic monasticism & first millennium Egypt.
Reposted by Malcolm Choat
Laundering looted antiquities through the use of an old collection? Forged provenance documentation? I investigate the case of Cumberland Clark, a forgotten early 20th-century collector who has become relevant again
doi.org/10.1017/S094...
Constructing Provenance with Old Collections: The Case of Cumberland Clark | International Journal of Cultural Property | Cambridge Core
Constructing Provenance with Old Collections: The Case of Cumberland Clark
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March 29, 2025 at 2:13 PM