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Message:: [QUOTE="all_fakes, post: 86127, member: 55"]"Notice the carved face"yes, I did notice that, and thought exactly the same as you! "who's putting that cedar bark on the new crop of Bali masks !!That's a real nasty thing to do !!!" Yes; the original Indonesians who make the items are just honest third-world craftsmen, and they earn a pittance.  The importers, well, they are importers, it is their business to import...though some are providing photos of original native art for the craftsmen to use, and that is not good.   But there are honest sellers of the items, on and off ebay, who specify that the item is Indonesian made; though I wish the fakes were not in circulation at all, at least those sellers are not telling lies.   But to add genuine cedar, in order to deceive, that is very low, and is a criminal act under US law.[/QUOTE]