"Sabrina Higgins, an associate professor of Aegean and Mediterranean societies and cultures at SFU, tells The Art Newspaper that she has had "a huge amount of interest" in a course she has designed for the autumn semester around the unique find. Students will get to analyse the designs and materials with a view to identifying where and when the items originate from."
"A volunteer had found the rings and medallions while sorting through a box of donations and displayed them for sale at around C$30 ($21) each, Higgins says. A customer with a background in archaeology happened to notice them and advised the manager that the objects might be ancient. The manager removed them from the shelves and contacted Higgins, arranging an appointment with her at the university's Museum of Archaeology and Ethnology as part of a potential donation."
Students at Simon Fraser University will use a collection of 11 rings and two medallions as a real-time learning lab to analyse designs and materials to determine origin and date. The objects are possibly medieval and their provenance will be investigated within the course. Research will culminate in an exhibition at the university's Museum of Archaeology and Ethnology presenting the artefacts' history, biography, and the ethical issues facing archaeologists and museums. The items were discovered in a Thrifty Boutique charity shop in Chilliwack after a volunteer found them among donations and displayed them for sale. An archaeologically-informed customer alerted the manager, who contacted the university about a donation.
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