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<p>[QUOTE="all_fakes, post: 538896, member: 55"]Very nice plaque or plate, I'd guess Boma (BOMA, founded by Boris Magreb, an immigrant to BC, in 1965 - one of the few older companies still in business, though now a subsidiary of Panabo Sales). </p><p>Kiana - I'd have to check my notes for specific dates, but they were one of the largest composition casting firms for totems; their products often distinguished by having a fake screw cast as part of the base. Earliest products were faux ivory plaques, in the 1950s; and finally in the '90s their equipment was sold to a company making the plastic parts for a line of Alaska-themed collectible dolls.[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>
[QUOTE="all_fakes, post: 538896, member: 55"]Very nice plaque or plate, I'd guess Boma (BOMA, founded by Boris Magreb, an immigrant to BC, in 1965 - one of the few older companies still in business, though now a subsidiary of Panabo Sales). Kiana - I'd have to check my notes for specific dates, but they were one of the largest composition casting firms for totems; their products often distinguished by having a fake screw cast as part of the base. Earliest products were faux ivory plaques, in the 1950s; and finally in the '90s their equipment was sold to a company making the plastic parts for a line of Alaska-themed collectible dolls.[/QUOTE]
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