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<p>[QUOTE="all_fakes, post: 86365, member: 55"]For comparison, and noting just how well the eyes are done in these particular Indonesian masks, an eye by Richard Hunt, and a Willie Seaweed mask.</p><p>[ATTACH=full]21952[/ATTACH]</p><p><br /></p><p>Here you can clearly see the red cedar grain; and the eyeball itself is less flat than in the fake; but otherwise, you can see that the fake has well-done stop-cuts, meeting in a triangular point; painted red, surrounded by a black fine-line.</p><p>It is scary how good the Indonesian mask is.</p><p><br /></p><p>Here's Willie:</p><p><br /></p><p>[ATTACH=full]21953[/ATTACH]</p><p><br /></p><p>Love the Alert Bay/Blunden Harbor white undercoat![/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>
[QUOTE="all_fakes, post: 86365, member: 55"]For comparison, and noting just how well the eyes are done in these particular Indonesian masks, an eye by Richard Hunt, and a Willie Seaweed mask. [ATTACH=full]21952[/ATTACH] Here you can clearly see the red cedar grain; and the eyeball itself is less flat than in the fake; but otherwise, you can see that the fake has well-done stop-cuts, meeting in a triangular point; painted red, surrounded by a black fine-line. It is scary how good the Indonesian mask is. Here's Willie: [ATTACH=full]21953[/ATTACH] Love the Alert Bay/Blunden Harbor white undercoat![/QUOTE]
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