SOMETIMES AN ITEM TURNS OUT TO BE A RECENT WELL DONE NATIVE WOOD CARVING INSTEAD OF THE GOOD AUTHENTIC ANTIQUE. ITS ESPECIALLY DIFFICULT TO TELL ON EBAY OR JUST GOING BY PICTURES. WHILE SUCH ITEMS DON'T FIT INTO OUR COLLECTIONS WITH THE GOOD OLD STUFF THEY ARE SOMETIMES NEAT DECORATOR ITEMS AND IF THE PRICE IS RIGHT NOT A BAD DEAL. WE ALL HAVE SUCH ITEMS SOME WHICH ARE SO BAD WE MUST BURY THEM IN THE BACKYARD AFTER DARK IN SHAME.
OTHERS NOT WHAT WE WANTED BUT ACCEPTABLE DECORATIVE ETHINOGRAPHIC ART MADE IN THE AREA BY THE GROUPS WHO MADE THE GOOD OLD ONES IN THE PAST. YOUR ITEM SEEMS TO FALL INTO THE LATTER CATEGORY UNLESS IT SAYS MADE IN CHINA, PAKESTAN OR INDIA ON THE BACK.