figure; depicts two crane birds on a base of a rock mass next to the ocean; cranes are cast silver with incised detailing of feathers, legs, and laws; the cranes are facing each other with one with its head in the air and beak open and the other crane looking downwards; the silver is very oxidised and appears brown; the base is bronze; small waves are depicted with faintly raised metal on the sides of the rocks; some incised lines in the ocean; underside of base is concave with only the edges of the base for resting surface; the stalks are removable from base with the base having small holes and the stalks having extended pins coming from legs that slot into the base holes;

20858 (ethnology)

M1483 (miscellaneous)

Applied Arts and Design