Vintage Folk Art Oriole, Signed H. Sloan, Maine rose design The caliper pulls all of

The caliper pulls all of the way out

or perhaps his wife

with squarish links that very much show the hand--or blade

framed sized 9 3/4" x 7 1/8"

It seems a bit of an unusual gift for a Japanese police officer (one assumes) to give an American lieutenant

Vintage Folk Art Oriole, Signed H. Sloan, Maine rose design The caliper pulls all ofThis 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. Clearly he loved his birds, perhaps including as a vehicle for bright color, as is the the case with this charming orange Oriole. 5 3 8" long measured beak to tail; 3 3 8"