Gilded Bronze Asian Rabbit Weight mask with horns credited as the originator of

credited as the originator of Oaxacan "alebrijes"  wooden animal carvings

a tribal culture based primarily in Rwanda and Burundi

And in keeping with the dolphin design

and it's also pretty useful

A pretty special pair

Gilded Bronze Asian Rabbit Weight mask with horns credited as the originator ofI'm certain that this wonderful gilded cast bronze rabbit (I believe a rabbit, but a bit of an unusual one with those large flat floppy ears) is Asian, and was probably made as a weight of some sort (it resembles some mat weights and scroll weights, and some opium weights as well). But I've searched and searched and not found another quite like it, though there are a fair number of small gilded cast bronze animals out there Japanese and Chinese, as