Vintage Folk Art Japanese Crane, Signed H. Sloan, Maine eight inch Makes me want to go

Makes me want to go have an adventure

These vary in size a bit

still very vivid and just really wonderful

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

smoothly worn surface

Vintage Folk Art Japanese Crane, Signed H. Sloan, Maine eight inch Makes me want to goThis 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