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<p>[QUOTE=&quot;all_fakes, post: 242824, member: 55&quot;]I&#039;d add only that Komokwa has pretty much said it all.&nbsp;&nbsp; The lack of true formline designs points to a time in the 40s or 50s when many souvenir poles were made for sale, by natives who had not been taught traditional forms; for example Ye Olde Curiosity Shop in Seattle would commission them to be made by natives who were not really working within traditional cultural. </p><p>It does not speak to me of any particular tribal group, though speckled designs are sometimes found in Nu-Cha-Nulth (Nootka) poles of that period.&nbsp; They were in a transitional period at that time, in terms of style.</p><p>I&#039;d say that this is likely native-made, but I could not guarantee that.[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>

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