In Reply to: If buying wooden objects.. posted by Marathonman on Tuesday, 1. February 2005 at 21:27 Bali Time:
I know it's hard to check over items when you are trying to buy as the seller is right in your face, so either be prepared to take your time & thoroughly examine each item for holes or after you get back to hotel have a good look,tap the items vigourisly to see if any saw dust stuff comes out, do that a couple of times. Customs are quite vigilant about this & I support them. Especially check those ceremonial umbrellas, they quite often are suspect.