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<p>[QUOTE=&quot;Taupou, post: 128251, member: 45&quot;]Okay, I&#039;m guilty!&nbsp; But yes, this Chinese basket with the Indonesian bone carving stuck on top was the one that put me over the edge. </p><p><br /></p><p>At least the Indonesian baskets don&#039;t start out as manufactured fakes, it&#039;s just when sellers try to pass them off as Indian, Native American, or whatever that the problems start...and quickly compound when other sellers use the internet to &quot;research&quot; their own items.&nbsp; </p><p><br /></p><p>But assembling two unrelated Chinese and Indonesian items to make a fake Eskimo basket, and the same seller having more than one of such innovative fakes for sale...that&#039;s pretty blatant.&nbsp; </p><p><br /></p><p>But, I guess, so was aiding and abetting the hijacking of this thread, for which I apologize.&nbsp; Such fakes shouldn&#039;t even be on the same thread with authentic Hopi kachina dolls.&nbsp;&nbsp; (Although I do feel better!&nbsp; Maybe I should post on the Rants and Raves thread next time.)[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>

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