Authenticity of Eskimo Inuit Art & Native Indian Art

Written by Clint Leung


Both Inuit Eskimo art and Native American art have gained international recognition as valuable art forms overrepparttar past few decades. However,repparttar 133897 rising popularity of both Inuit Eskimo art and Native American art has resulted inrepparttar 133898 increased proliferation of imitations and mass-produced reproductions of original Native arts. Some obvious fakes are made in Asia from molds whererepparttar 133899 finished pieces are forms of plastic, resin or ceramic.

Other fakes are actually made of cast stone simulating actual Inuit Eskimo art carvings and wood for imitation Native American carvings. These fakes, which are harder to distinguish from authentic artwork, are often hand carved reproductions of an original piece of artwork. Workshops have illegally reproduced hundreds of copies withoutrepparttar 133900 artisan’s permission. The counterfeiting companies would then attach some type of tag that claimsrepparttar 133901 fake pieces were influenced by aboriginal artisans and even background information onrepparttar 133902 Native designs used inrepparttar 133903 artwork. Some even go as far as adding in Inuit syllabics onrepparttar 133904 bottom ofrepparttar 133905 fake Inuit Eskimo art carvings.

These are very deceptive tactics on their part since they giverepparttar 133906 consumersrepparttar 133907 impression thatrepparttar 133908 imitations are authentic and income producing forrepparttar 133909 aboriginal communities.

Fakes and imitations have loweredrepparttar 133910 image of authentic Inuit Eskimo art and Native American art. Sales of genuine aboriginal artwork have declined which in turn have deprived aboriginal artisans of income. The argument against these claims is that not every consumer can afford to buy authentic Inuit Eskimo art or Native American art sorepparttar 133911 souvenir level reproductions legitimately meet this part ofrepparttar 133912 market. The imitations, which are usually low priced, enable students visiting Canada for example, to bring home a Canadian souvenir without breaking their travel budget. This claim would have more support from Native communities if aboriginal artisans were paid a fair royalty as income for each imitation and reproduction piece sold. However, this is seldomrepparttar 133913 case since most ofrepparttar 133914 time, no royalties are paid at all.

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