Inside the world of Indigenous art fraud
The Big Story
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How Do We Know if We're Buying Fake Indigenous Art?
The fraudulent pieces are almost 100%. They're made out of mahogany or something like that. I think a lot of people who buy or collect indigenous art, you know, do it in good faith because they find the culture and the artwork so mesmerizing. So how do we know? How do they know? Is there any easy way to tell? There's a few red flags that if you know what you're looking for.
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