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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;

Part of the Applied Arts and Design collection. 

Credit Line: H S Dadley collection, Gift of Mr Harry S Dadley, 1934, Collection of Auckland Museum Tāmaki Paenga Hira, 1934.316, M1483, 20858 

For more details visit <a href="http://www.aucklandmuseum.com/collections-research/collections/record/am_humanhistory-object-17901" rel="noreferrer nofollow">www.aucklandmuseum.com/collections</a>  

Images released under a CC-BY licence. Auckland Museum 2019
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Author Auckland Museum Collections from Auckland, Aotearoa New Zealand

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