African reproductions?

[Tim Simmons]

Hi Flavio, A very good point to raise. There is tourist work rather than fakes. I personally think that the use of basic materials and simply made things of Africa, I do not mean crude, are probably very hard to fake, there being little to play on the eye. Also any real popular interest in what, may I call "black Africa" has only developed in the later part of the 20th century. Also in terms of say India, they are not what some collectors consider old. Some pieces are still made today for local use at festivals but have lost thier gravitas and are now just representations of the past. In the not too distant past African weapons were often seen at best as amusing but savage curios and at worst as rubbish. This is changing as you can see from some current prices which may be a good thing, on the other hand it will mean having to look somewhere else for weapons to collect on a relatively low budget, but where Tim