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<p>[QUOTE=&quot;all_fakes, post: 3108056, member: 55&quot;]Oh yes.&nbsp; It is apparently a perilous hike.&nbsp; Sometimes the older carvers will pay/bribe/trade with younger ones to carry the packs of rock.</p><p>This is one of the carvings I was thinking of; years back I had a semi-friendly discussion with one of the importers of Indonesian NW Coast style wood carvings; he was kind of proud of his ability to bring low-priced &quot;replicas&quot; to consumers, and said with some pride that he&#039;d found a Chinese source for argillite-like stone carvings.&nbsp; <img src="styles/default/xenforo/clear.png" class="mceSmilieSprite mceSmilie14" alt=":arghh:" unselectable="on" unselectable="on" />&nbsp; I would not mistake this stone for argillite.</p><p>on eboo at <a href="https://www.ebay.com/itm/Vintage-Totem-Pole-Haida-Native-Carved-Aboriginal-9-Effigy-Canada/124468504869?hash=item1cfae6a925:g:QloAAOSwYkxfhy3M" target="_blank" class="externalLink ProxyLink" data-proxy-href="https://www.ebay.com/itm/Vintage-Totem-Pole-Haida-Native-Carved-Aboriginal-9-Effigy-Canada/124468504869?hash=item1cfae6a925:g:QloAAOSwYkxfhy3M" rel="nofollow">https://www.ebay.com/itm/Vintage-Totem-Pole-Haida-Native-Carved-Aboriginal-9-Effigy-Canada/124468504869?hash=item1cfae6a925:g:QloAAOSwYkxfhy3M</a></p><p><br /></p><p>[ATTACH=full]293529[/ATTACH] [ATTACH=full]293530[/ATTACH][/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>

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