diff --git a/OpenSim/Region/CoreModules/Avatar/Inventory/Archiver/InventoryArchiveUtils.cs b/OpenSim/Region/CoreModules/Avatar/Inventory/Archiver/InventoryArchiveUtils.cs
index dc665c1dc0..e7fb43a3a5 100644
--- a/OpenSim/Region/CoreModules/Avatar/Inventory/Archiver/InventoryArchiveUtils.cs
+++ b/OpenSim/Region/CoreModules/Avatar/Inventory/Archiver/InventoryArchiveUtils.cs
@@ -149,14 +149,15 @@ namespace OpenSim.Region.CoreModules.Avatar.Inventory.Archiver
 
         /// <summary>
         /// Find an item given a PATH_DELIMITOR delimited path starting from the user's root folder.
-        ///
+        /// </summary>
+        /// <remarks>
         /// This method does not handle paths that contain multiple delimitors
         ///
         /// FIXME: We do not yet handle situations where folders or items have the same name.  We could handle this by some
         /// XPath like expression
         ///
         /// FIXME: Delimitors which occur in names themselves are not currently escapable.
-        /// </summary>
+        /// </remarks>
         /// 
         /// <param name="inventoryService">
         /// Inventory service to query
@@ -178,7 +179,7 @@ namespace OpenSim.Region.CoreModules.Avatar.Inventory.Archiver
 
             return FindItemByPath(inventoryService, rootFolder, path);
         }
-        
+
         /// <summary>
         /// Find an item given a PATH_DELIMITOR delimited path starting from this folder.
         /// </summary>
@@ -190,14 +191,43 @@ namespace OpenSim.Region.CoreModules.Avatar.Inventory.Archiver
         ///
         /// FIXME: Delimitors which occur in names themselves are not currently escapable.
         /// </remarks>
+        ///
+        /// <param name="inventoryService">Inventory service to query</param>
+        /// <param name="startFolder">The folder from which the path starts</param>
+        /// <param name="path">The path to the required item.</param>
+        /// <returns>null if the item is not found</returns>
+        public static InventoryItemBase FindItemByPath(
+            IInventoryService inventoryService, InventoryFolderBase startFolder, string path)
+        {
+            List<InventoryItemBase> foundItems = FindItemsByPath(inventoryService, startFolder, path);
+
+            if (foundItems.Count != 0)
+                return foundItems[0];
+            else
+                return null;
+        }
+        
+        /// <summary>
+        /// Find items that match a given PATH_DELIMITOR delimited path starting from this folder.
+        /// </summary>
+        /// <remarks>
+        /// This method does not handle paths that contain multiple delimiters
+        ///
+        /// FIXME: We do not yet handle situations where folders or items have the same name.  We could handle this by some
+        /// XPath like expression
+        ///
+        /// FIXME: Delimitors which occur in names themselves are not currently escapable.
+        /// </remarks>
         /// 
         /// <param name="inventoryService">Inventory service to query</param>
         /// <param name="startFolder">The folder from which the path starts</param>
         /// <param name="path">The path to the required item.</param>
-        /// <returns>null if the item is not found</returns>
-        public static InventoryItemBase FindItemByPath(
+        /// <returns>The items that were found with this path.  An empty list if no items were found.</returns>
+        public static List<InventoryItemBase> FindItemsByPath(
             IInventoryService inventoryService, InventoryFolderBase startFolder, string path)
         {
+            List<InventoryItemBase> foundItems = new List<InventoryItemBase>();
+
             // If the path isn't just / then trim any starting extraneous slashes
             path = path.TrimStart(new char[] { PATH_DELIMITER });
             
@@ -221,7 +251,7 @@ namespace OpenSim.Region.CoreModules.Avatar.Inventory.Archiver
 //                    m_log.DebugFormat("[INVENTORY ARCHIVE UTILS]: Inspecting item {0} {1}", item.Name, item.ID);
                     
                     if (item.Name == components[0])
-                        return item;
+                        foundItems.Add(item);
                 }
             }
             else
@@ -233,12 +263,11 @@ namespace OpenSim.Region.CoreModules.Avatar.Inventory.Archiver
                 foreach (InventoryFolderBase folder in contents.Folders)
                 {
                     if (folder.Name == components[0])
-                        return FindItemByPath(inventoryService, folder, components[1]);
+                        foundItems.AddRange(FindItemsByPath(inventoryService, folder, components[1]));
                 }
             }
 
-            // We didn't find an item or intermediate folder with the given name
-            return null;
+            return foundItems;
         }
 
         /// <summary>
diff --git a/OpenSim/Region/CoreModules/Avatar/Inventory/Archiver/InventoryArchiveWriteRequest.cs b/OpenSim/Region/CoreModules/Avatar/Inventory/Archiver/InventoryArchiveWriteRequest.cs
index c34a0ecf90..c2ad079536 100644
--- a/OpenSim/Region/CoreModules/Avatar/Inventory/Archiver/InventoryArchiveWriteRequest.cs
+++ b/OpenSim/Region/CoreModules/Avatar/Inventory/Archiver/InventoryArchiveWriteRequest.cs
@@ -255,10 +255,7 @@ namespace OpenSim.Region.CoreModules.Avatar.Inventory.Archiver
     
                 // The path may point to an item instead
                 if (inventoryFolder == null)
-                {
                     inventoryItem = InventoryArchiveUtils.FindItemByPath(m_scene.InventoryService, rootFolder, m_invPath);
-                    //inventoryItem = m_userInfo.RootFolder.FindItemByPath(m_invPath);
-                }
     
                 if (null == inventoryFolder && null == inventoryItem)
                 {
diff --git a/OpenSim/Region/Framework/Scenes/Tests/UserInventoryTests.cs b/OpenSim/Region/Framework/Scenes/Tests/UserInventoryTests.cs
index bacf7c1889..83f0686636 100644
--- a/OpenSim/Region/Framework/Scenes/Tests/UserInventoryTests.cs
+++ b/OpenSim/Region/Framework/Scenes/Tests/UserInventoryTests.cs
@@ -69,6 +69,9 @@ namespace OpenSim.Region.Framework.Tests
                 = UserInventoryHelpers.GetInventoryItem(scene.InventoryService, user2.PrincipalID, "Objects/item1");
 
             Assert.That(retrievedItem1, Is.Not.Null);
+
+            // Try giving back the freshly received item
+            //scene.GiveInventoryItem(user1.PrincipalID, user2.PrincipalID, retrievedItem1.ID);
         }
 
         [Test]