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<p>[QUOTE=&quot;Jeff Drum, post: 325008, member: 6444&quot;]This is my thinking, though it is all guesswork unless someone can fill in some real facts. The price tag doesn&#039;t look new - say 60&#039;s to 80&#039;s (there are no bar codes). I was thinking it was more likely to come from a museum in the Pacific Northwest. Like here: <a href="http://www.gayot.com/Travel/Attractions/Destinations/North-America/Canada/Vancouver/Museum-Anthropology" target="_blank" class="externalLink ProxyLink" data-proxy-href="http://www.gayot.com/Travel/Attractions/Destinations/North-America/Canada/Vancouver/Museum-Anthropology" rel="nofollow">http://www.gayot.com/Travel/Attractions/Destinations/North-America/Canada/Vancouver/Museum-Anthropology </a></p><p>&quot;The museum shop features a fine selection of Northwest Coast gold and silver jewelry, limited edition prints, carvings, baskets and masks, all created by first nation artists.&quot;</p><p><br /></p><p>Though I have never made it further north than Seattle myself, this reminded me of the shops in Arizona which cater to tourists on their way to the Grand Canyon and buy items as souvenirs, some of them cheap and inauthentic, but others with high prices and authenticity. How many of these museums and giftshops are in the Pacific Northwest or what kind of pricetags they use, I am afraid I have no idea.</p><p><br /></p><p>Also, the fact that people talk about other carvers in terms of their relation to Art Charlie makes me wonder if it isn&#039;t him that is the best known of these related carvers. The high price for a piece that is only about 3x5 inches made me think that was likely.</p><p><br /></p><p>As to Museum of Natural History in NYC, I&#039;ve been there and looking at the gift shop online, I think its mostly fossils, animal and science related stuff and not so much native american items.[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>

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