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<p>[QUOTE=&quot;all_fakes, post: 220551, member: 55&quot;]Komo is of course 100% correct.&nbsp;&nbsp; I could add that I&#039;ve only seen the copper details on Indonesian items relatively recently; but I don&#039;t get around as much as Komo.&nbsp;&nbsp; A couple years back I noticed that masks and bowls otherwise identical to the previous batch of Indonesian items had started to appear around Seattle and online with copper embellishments.</p><p><br /></p><p>Yes, and I&#039;ve seen a rather large fake mask done in what was unquestionably red cedar.&nbsp;&nbsp; Do they ship it from the US to Indonesia and then back?&nbsp; Possibly....around 2004 the Indonesians had a scheme where they would illegally obtain real ivory from Alaska and Canada, ship it to Indonesia to be carved into fake NW coast native items, then ship it back to Alaska for sale.[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>

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