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<p>[QUOTE="all_fakes, post: 4581789, member: 55"]I'd go along with Komo, though I'd say the usage of NW Coast forms is so general I'm not sure it could be attributed to any particular tribal group. Made somewhere in SE Alaska or in BC by someone, likely native, who'd seen totem poles but was not trained in carving them.</p><p>(The bottom figure represents the normal depiction of orca or killer whale, inverted with the tail curled over; but the tail and dorsal are rather distorted compared to normal forms.)[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>
[QUOTE="all_fakes, post: 4581789, member: 55"]I'd go along with Komo, though I'd say the usage of NW Coast forms is so general I'm not sure it could be attributed to any particular tribal group. Made somewhere in SE Alaska or in BC by someone, likely native, who'd seen totem poles but was not trained in carving them. (The bottom figure represents the normal depiction of orca or killer whale, inverted with the tail curled over; but the tail and dorsal are rather distorted compared to normal forms.)[/QUOTE]
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