Indeed and I did, great collection and even greater guy!
But apart from the physical aspects of the weapon I also try to learn about their historical and antropological context. That knowledge comes mainly from books written in the end of 19th century.
Much was written about the Dutch-Aceh wars but also some good books about the antroplogy of Northern Sumatra (Gayo is interesting as well for me).
I consider the books by Snouck Hurgronje as good sources from several point of view but hope to find more!
I come across many collectors (not Richard though!) that just repeat what they heard from another collector that started earlier.
What I try to do is bring it a step forward by going back to some of the original sources and start developing from that point onward.
As the photo shows (I hope) my focus is on quality but of course I want to develop further and improve the collection (as far as I can pay of course).
Thanks again, Erik
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Originally Posted by Dajak
I would assume take an good look at the collection off Richard an ask him
about Atjeh weapons you can learn more from him than out books.
And try to collect on quality not on quantity .
Ben
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