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<p>[QUOTE="all_fakes, post: 536061, member: 55"]It is for sure a cast item; not BOMA or Thorn, though. If one had a carved argillite pole nearby, there'd be notable differences in the appearance of a detail carved in stone versus a casting; having to do with the crispness of the lines, and the degree of gloss in areas that are below the surface - those areas would not typically be glossy in a carved stone item ( as mentioned by others).</p><p> There's no easy way to ID the precise maker; resources for manufactured souvenir-type items are pretty scarce. The very earliest cast totems, by BOMA and Jolin and others, would be dated to around 1965. Kiana was doing resin casts of souvenirs as early as the 1950s, but they were other types of items, plaques and such.</p><p>I have seen these before, though; and I'd think that damage would pretty much destroy any value.</p><p>As to materials, it is pretty much a myth that ground argillite would ever be an ingredient; but there are resins which have stone dust added, and are harder and more resistant to heat than one might expect; as well as compositions based on ground stone and plaster.</p><p>I suspect this could be one of the hard resins, with added stone dust for hardness, leading to the kind of fracture pattern seen; but as mentioned there are a lot of possible casting compounds, and this isn't the plain resin often seen with BOMA for example.</p><p> I'd date it to 1970-80, maybe even later; and probably made in British Columbia.</p><p>PS, BOMA does have an online catalog of their current wares, for anyone who might be interested; <a href="https://www.panabosales.com/" target="_blank" class="externalLink ProxyLink" data-proxy-href="https://www.panabosales.com/" rel="nofollow">https://www.panabosales.com/</a>[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>
[QUOTE="all_fakes, post: 536061, member: 55"]It is for sure a cast item; not BOMA or Thorn, though. If one had a carved argillite pole nearby, there'd be notable differences in the appearance of a detail carved in stone versus a casting; having to do with the crispness of the lines, and the degree of gloss in areas that are below the surface - those areas would not typically be glossy in a carved stone item ( as mentioned by others). There's no easy way to ID the precise maker; resources for manufactured souvenir-type items are pretty scarce. The very earliest cast totems, by BOMA and Jolin and others, would be dated to around 1965. Kiana was doing resin casts of souvenirs as early as the 1950s, but they were other types of items, plaques and such. I have seen these before, though; and I'd think that damage would pretty much destroy any value. As to materials, it is pretty much a myth that ground argillite would ever be an ingredient; but there are resins which have stone dust added, and are harder and more resistant to heat than one might expect; as well as compositions based on ground stone and plaster. I suspect this could be one of the hard resins, with added stone dust for hardness, leading to the kind of fracture pattern seen; but as mentioned there are a lot of possible casting compounds, and this isn't the plain resin often seen with BOMA for example. I'd date it to 1970-80, maybe even later; and probably made in British Columbia. PS, BOMA does have an online catalog of their current wares, for anyone who might be interested; [URL]https://www.panabosales.com/[/URL][/QUOTE]
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