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<p>[QUOTE=&quot;Arthur Bode, post: 3867534, member: 19493&quot;]This is my first post. I am hoping to get some information about what appears to be a wood carving of a profile of a native bird mask. </p><p>I say &quot;appears&quot;&nbsp; above because I read in an older thread on this site that Philip Thorn is just a studio name that produced products that are cast to look like wood but are not actually carvings. The thread also suggested that bit can be hard to distinguish from wood.</p><p>I must say that if that is a cast product the casting is of rather remarkable quality and it must be applied over a wood backing or cast from some that mimics wood very well because when I drilled a small hole in the back it appears very much to be made of wood (cedar would be my guess). It feels like wood. It sounds like wood. It looks like wood.</p><p>Can anyone shed some light of whether it is possible that this is actually carved wood. If it is not wood for sure can anyone provide any detail about the casting process/materials used.</p><p>The piece is signed &quot;Philip Thorn /71&quot;. It has an applied plaque made of wood on the back with a paper label that is titled &quot;#752 Hamatsa Bird-Monster -Kwakiutl Indian Tribe&quot;. The label goes on to give some details about the use of Crooked Beak bird monster mask during potlach dances. The label is marked &quot;Thorn Arts, Nanaimo, British Columbia, Canada&quot;.</p><p>The colours used are not bright (green, black, brown, dark purple). The center of the eye of the bird seems to be made from a piece of a shell.</p><p>Any insight anyone can provide on this is much appreciated.[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>

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