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<p>[QUOTE=&quot;komokwa, post: 85415, member: 301&quot;]Now to address BEAR THOMPSON......</p><p><br /></p><p>This is just one of those signed masks up now. Signed Bear Thompson - 1961.</p><p>I contacted the seller......what an S.O.B. !!!!</p><p><br /></p><p>The original mask made in 1994 is in SPIRIT FACES on page 51 ...&amp; it&#039;s by the world renowned Haida artist Robert Davidson.......all the rest.......are Indonesian FAKES. </p><p><br /></p><p>Signing them or any like them is Fraud......but these guys are making a killing off them, &amp; hurting the genuine native art market..!&nbsp; <img src="styles/default/xenforo/smilies/mad.png" class="mceSmilie" alt=":mad:" unselectable="on" /></p><p><br /></p><p><img src="http://i.ebayimg.com/images/g/lFcAAOSw37tWDY36/s-l1600.jpg" class="bbCodeImage wysiwygImage" alt="" unselectable="on" /></p><p><br /></p><p>Here&#039;s more that don&#039;t BEAR any signature ....<img src="styles/default/xenforo/clear.png" class="mceSmilieSprite mceSmilie80" alt=":shifty:" unselectable="on" unselectable="on" /></p><p><br /></p><p>[ATTACH=full]21670[/ATTACH] [ATTACH=full]21671[/ATTACH] [ATTACH=full]21672[/ATTACH] [ATTACH=full]21673[/ATTACH] [ATTACH=full]21674[/ATTACH] [ATTACH=full]21675[/ATTACH] [ATTACH=full]21676[/ATTACH] </p><p><br /></p><p><br /></p><p>Now PLEASE take notice of the last one. </p><p>This is what&#039;s got All-Fakes &amp; my hackles up !! </p><p>This well carved well scuffed POC....has what looks like actual Canadian pacific coast RED CEDAR BARK attached to the top of the mask.</p><p>Again signed Bullshit Thompson.......</p><p><br /></p><p><img src="http://i.ebayimg.com/images/g/~OgAAOSwFnFWD~9H/s-l1600.jpg" class="bbCodeImage wysiwygImage" alt="" unselectable="on" /></p><p><br /></p><p><br /></p><p><br /></p><p><br /></p><p>And here&#039;s another that sold on eBay by the same Primitive *****.....seller ....</p><p>Signed , sealed and delivered&nbsp; ! </p><p>And the seller says ...years of ritual use !!!&nbsp; &nbsp; Mahahahah !!! My Butt !!!! </p><p><br /></p><p>Bear doesn&#039;t exist ...&amp; all these puppies are Indonesian carvings....once benign ...now meant to separate buyers ( IGNORANT Buyers..) from their hard earned cash !!!</p><p><br /></p><p>And to boot.....it&#039;s all a Federal Crime in the USA , to do so !!!!![/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>

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