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A. G. Maisey · 22nd August 2023, 10:45 PM

My opinion possibly varies from the opinions of others.

I believe that as students of ethnographic weaponry we should strive to maintain culturally correct naming of objects under investigation or discussion. If we want precision in this respect, well, we are in the wrong field of knowledge.

However, as collectors of objects that are outside our own cultures & societies we could adopt an alpha-numeric system of naming, and that would assist in maintaining some degree of consistency & precision.

22nd August 2023, 10:45 PM	#6
A. G. Maisey Member Join Date: May 2006 Posts: 6,722	My opinion possibly varies from the opinions of others. I believe that as students of ethnographic weaponry we should strive to maintain culturally correct naming of objects under investigation or discussion. If we want precision in this respect, well, we are in the wrong field of knowledge. However, as collectors of objects that are outside our own cultures & societies we could adopt an alpha-numeric system of naming, and that would assist in maintaining some degree of consistency & precision.