Vintage Folk Art Japanese Crane, Signed H. Sloan, Maine antique basket with wood handle and would I think make

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

The copper plate is firmly adhered to its original wooden block

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

as well as a few others I am listing from a couple years earlier

and was enhanced with some green and white paint plus yellowy-cream paint across the flat of the stumps

Vintage Folk Art Japanese Crane, Signed H. Sloan, Maine antique basket with wood handle and would I think makeThis 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