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<p>[QUOTE=&quot;all_fakes, post: 3357232, member: 55&quot;]The later photos are not opening for me at the moment, but I&#039;m having some other network issues, so who knows.&nbsp; I was not at all suggesting Simon Charlie, and would not think this was his; the guess about Duncan BC was based on the fact that in earlier years there were a number of carvers there working in eclectic, and rather non-authentic appearing styles.</p><p>Just as an example; in that region younger members have studied with mentors such as Hunt family members, and are doing nice and authentic work; but in the 1960s and earlier, driven by the tourist trade, they did things that were pretty much self-taught, and frankly not very good.</p><p>Again not pointing to them as a source for this item; just saying that there have been at times native carvers who did work that wasn&#039;t very good or authentic.</p><p>Most of those carvers can be ID&#039;d by other characteristics however, and this totem doesn&#039;t sing out to me as being anyone I know of.</p><p>I agree with earlier comments about problematic details.</p><p>I&#039;d also note these things: 1) the ovoids in the wings are too square, not anything that would be considered correct in native styles; 2) the divided u-forms in the wings are not correct for native work. 3) the wings in general look an awful lot like earlier Indonesian imports. 4) the eagle&#039;s face has a rather Indonesian look.</p><p>All told, I&#039;d venture a guess that this is an early Indonesian import, maybe late 1960s, early 1970s or even later, that has been left outside for a number of years and has weathered.&nbsp; But could also be any number of non-native origins also; or even native that happens to look like this. I&#039;d be about 70/30% on those two guesses.&nbsp; Sort of saying I&#039;d think it is about twice as likely to be non-native as native.</p><p>As for totem-pole experts....Komokwa is such an expert, though he is rather modest (at times); and some folks might say the same about me...I haven&#039;t bought or sold anything like the number of totempoles that Komo has, but have contributed to a museum exhibit and related book on model totem-poles; my core specialties are totem carvers from Metlakatla Alaska, 1900-1950; and the Blunden Harbor/Smith Inlet areas of the Kwakwaka&#039;wakw, 1920-1970. I loaned items from both those areas to the museum, and they took some nice photos.</p><p>I think both Komo and I would say that this item shows a number of features that suggest a non-native origin, and few that point to a native source.</p><p>I still wish I could see what is on the chest.....but my network is almost crashed at the moment.[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>

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