Sculpture H 6.7 and 7.2, plinths each 2.6, total H 9.3 and 9.8 cm.

Emil Ruisinger descended from a family of ivory carvers and turners from Geislingen, a town in Baden-Württemberg near Stuttgart. Since the 15th century, bone and later ivory had been processed there, and early on also the mammoth bones found there.

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With cracks due to the nature of the material, the tail of the small bird reattached.

Ivory.

One plinth engraved ""E.R."", the other unsigned.

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