Vintage Folk Art Japanese Crane, Signed H. Sloan, Maine antique basket with wood handle The shape of this one

The shape of this one is the loveliest I've seen

little things

clearly handmade from a scrap chunk of wood

and would I think make a great little pedestal for a carved figure  or animal or other little this or thatl

Vintage Folk Art Japanese Crane, Signed H. Sloan, Maine antique basket with wood handle The shape of this oneThis 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