Vintage Folk Art Japanese Crane, Signed H. Sloan, Maine eight inch with an aubergine border and

with an aubergine border and an array of patterns in yellow

smoothly worn surface

I believe there was originally one more small orange ring right below the topper

Each deck has 52 cards

Vintage Folk Art Japanese Crane, Signed H. Sloan, Maine eight inch with an aubergine border andThis is one of six carved and painted birds I found together, all signed H. Sloan, Maine, and I believe dating to the 1980s or so. I've found a few other birds signed by Sloan out there on the internet, but haven't been able to dig up anything about him, and don't have a first name. As a Mainer, certainly he saw plenty of heron and egrets, but this is specifically a Japanese crane, as noted on the underside of the base. 7 1 4" t x 5 5 8" long beak to