Dangers of Producing replica ethnographic weapons and art

[Dajak]

The main danger that I foresee is when the people use old parts from authentic antique ethnographic weapons.Then add these new parts to them and then age these new parts so they will look old as a antique .Thus creates a HYBRID of a object that could then be sold /passed off as a real authentic antique weapon this then directly diminishes the collecting pool of real authentic ethnographic objects wether they be a Sword, dagger ,spear and so fourth.

A Hybrid is not a true antique weapon and never ever should be considered as such but is a put together object and does not have the same value of a 100% authentic antique weapon .These hybrids can further pollute the True Ethnographic collecting pool ....
Another point I would make how many great master paintings in Museums around the world have found to be fakes over the past few years. How many Antiquities fakes have also been found as well, lets not have this happen to the Ethnographic weapons .

Ben