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<p>[QUOTE=&quot;all_fakes, post: 4510277, member: 55&quot;]I don&#039;t see anything unreasonable in the seller&#039;s story.&nbsp; My guess is it might have migrated up to Alaska, after being made by a member of one of the Salish subgroups active in Southern BC, both around Vancouver and Victoria. Squamish, Musqueam, many others.&nbsp; They often carve quite quickly, along the waterfront, for example, to attract tourists; and often do not sign their pieces. Also known for using woods that might be less common, and staining them - flats done in pine, to name one. All of which fits. This doesn&#039;t look like pine, and I don&#039;t have an opinion on the wood, though alder is one possibility. </p><p>&nbsp; &nbsp; But of course Salish individuals might have migrated to Alaska also. These days there is a lot of mixing as far as &quot;home- base,&quot; and there are Tlingits and Kwakiutl living in Seattle; many Tsimshian in Alaska, and so on; so one can&#039;t necessarily judge tribal origin by where a newer piece was made, or vice versa.[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>

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