Talk:Before Yesterday We Could Fly

Objects evoking 2011 excavation
I think we should mention the concept of including exhibition objects to deliberately evoke archaeological finds from the 2011 excavation. This is in several secondary sources, including the connection between the rubber comb in the exhibition and the gutta-percha one from the excavation, although there is also a conflation in a couple places like image captions. The concept of evoking objects from the excavation is also mentioned prominently on the Met's primary source video of the exhibition with curators, and both combs are pictured, though not directly together. It's also stated on the video that glass pieces from the excavation were a big inspiration.--Pharos (talk) 17:56, 3 February 2022 (UTC)
 * Go for it. When I removed it from the caption, it was because we were citing only (a) the met itself, and (b) a source which said "evoke" but also said it was the same comb found in the Seneca Village Project. Felt too confusing. If you restore, it may be best to avoid citing that source with it (Hyperallergic) or others that make the inaccurate claim. Also probably best in the article rather than in the caption (or both). &mdash; Rhododendrites  talk \\ 18:21, 3 February 2022 (UTC)