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# Long description

This figure shows four colour photographs of a carved elephant seen from different directions. At top left is a view of the standing elephant from the side. Its head is on the left and is turned to look back and down, with its trunk extending to the right. At top right is a view of the elephant seen from the other side. Its head is not visible in this view. At bottom right is a view of the object from above and at bottom left is a view from below.

The human figures and the blanket on the back of the elephant are shown in all views except bottom left. The ladder is shown in the view at top left. Its base ends beside the elephant’s trunk. The rope is shown in the views at top right and bottom right. The hole and the decoration around it, the cracks on either side of the hole, the inscription in Japanese, and the date of acquisition are shown in the view at bottom left.