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<p>[QUOTE=&quot;komokwa, post: 85396, member: 301&quot;]<img src="http://i.ebayimg.com/images/g/GVoAAOSw~gRVlqc-/s-l1600.jpg" class="bbCodeImage wysiwygImage" alt="" unselectable="on" /></p><p>[ATTACH=full]21656[/ATTACH] </p><p><br /></p><p>The top one is listed now by a seller who&#039;s been offloading these onto ebay.</p><p>The bottom was on ebay years ago.</p><p>As you can see the recent one has a darker patina, &amp; scuffing meant to make the mask look older.</p><p><br /></p><p>This is just the 1st of many I&#039;m going to show so you can get an idea of the extent of the problem.</p><p><br /></p><p>Of course the main overriding problem is that to the average joe &amp; joelle these may look like authentic 1st Nations masks......but they are recent Indonesian carvings out of Bali and other towns.</p><p><br /></p><p>Tip #1---&nbsp; it is very rare for a Northwest Coast artist to make the same mask twice.[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>

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