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<p>[QUOTE="hubcapwalrus, post: 1286105, member: 13051"]Thanks, Komokwa. It's pretty cool to know who the artist was and get a peek into the casting process. </p><p><br /></p><p>I do agree about the poles being misrepresented, but I imagine most people (buyers and sellers) figure out these Kiana poles are copies pretty quickly (it does boggle the mind that the light foam used for these poles could be mistaken for wood). I usually find the sellers that are presenting these as real carvings to just be inexperienced or mistaken. On the other hand, Indonesian and other non-Native objects are a much more insidious problem.[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>
[QUOTE="hubcapwalrus, post: 1286105, member: 13051"]Thanks, Komokwa. It's pretty cool to know who the artist was and get a peek into the casting process. I do agree about the poles being misrepresented, but I imagine most people (buyers and sellers) figure out these Kiana poles are copies pretty quickly (it does boggle the mind that the light foam used for these poles could be mistaken for wood). I usually find the sellers that are presenting these as real carvings to just be inexperienced or mistaken. On the other hand, Indonesian and other non-Native objects are a much more insidious problem.[/QUOTE]
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