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<p>[QUOTE="komokwa, post: 3343375, member: 301"]Weathering, of the paint and the wood.....should be consistent on a pole out of doors....</p><p>to me...upon close inspection, yours is looking forced .</p><p>I'm also paying attention to the NWC formline design....which I'm finding problems with as well as the color scheme.....which is inconsistent with this type of pole.</p><p>Unless it was a much taller pole ....which I find to be unlikely....the V shape with a bears head at the bottom........ is nothing I've seen before.</p><p>The Bear is an honored ancestor ....it's head is never on the base.</p><p>The triangles on the legs of the middle figure.....do not exist in NWC design, and the feet on both creatures too small, and not well made to represent what they are...or should be.</p><p><br /></p><p>In short....I'm finding too many problems with your pole to say...from what I can see....that it was done by a 1st Nations Northwest Coast carver...[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>
[QUOTE="komokwa, post: 3343375, member: 301"]Weathering, of the paint and the wood.....should be consistent on a pole out of doors.... to me...upon close inspection, yours is looking forced . I'm also paying attention to the NWC formline design....which I'm finding problems with as well as the color scheme.....which is inconsistent with this type of pole. Unless it was a much taller pole ....which I find to be unlikely....the V shape with a bears head at the bottom........ is nothing I've seen before. The Bear is an honored ancestor ....it's head is never on the base. The triangles on the legs of the middle figure.....do not exist in NWC design, and the feet on both creatures too small, and not well made to represent what they are...or should be. In short....I'm finding too many problems with your pole to say...from what I can see....that it was done by a 1st Nations Northwest Coast carver...[/QUOTE]
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