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<p>[QUOTE=&quot;all_fakes, post: 48715, member: 55&quot;]Personally, I wouldn&#039;t necessarily call this a replica or knock-off of Native American styles; but I would say that it does not show any of the characteristics of actual native work, whether Inuit or NW Coast Native. </p><p>&nbsp; &nbsp; It would take a fairly long essay to state what those characteristics are....conventions in eye, nose and mouth shapes, among many others; but there are good books on the subject of Northwest Coast Native style; Bill Holm, &quot;Northwest Coast Indian Art: an Analysis of Form.&quot;&nbsp;&nbsp; Hilary Stewart, &quot;Looking at Indian Art of the Northwest Coast&quot;</p><p>&nbsp; &nbsp; Here are some images of Inuit bears: <a href="http://www.bing.com/images/search?q=inuit+bear+soapstone+carving&amp;qpvt=inuit+bear+soapstone+carving&amp;qpvt=inuit+bear+soapstone+carving&amp;FORM=IGRE" target="_blank" class="externalLink ProxyLink" data-proxy-href="http://www.bing.com/images/search?q=inuit+bear+soapstone+carving&amp;qpvt=inuit+bear+soapstone+carving&amp;qpvt=inuit+bear+soapstone+carving&amp;FORM=IGRE" rel="nofollow">Bears</a> </p><p>Speaking as one who is quite familiar with NW Coast native and Inuit both, this does not display the usual forms for either.&nbsp;&nbsp; It does look like some kind of jade to me, though.</p><p>&nbsp; &nbsp; And it is also true that many very similar carvings are made in China.</p><p>And there is indeed a tradition of jade carving in BC: <a href="http://jade-carvers.com/workshop-events/jade-carving-workshop-vernon-bc/" target="_blank" class="externalLink ProxyLink" data-proxy-href="http://jade-carvers.com/workshop-events/jade-carving-workshop-vernon-bc/" rel="nofollow">http://jade-carvers.com/workshop-events/jade-carving-workshop-vernon-bc/</a>[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>

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