Figure 1 - no drying cracks, but just dirt discolouration on the back (may clean off), and the back is through age slightly creamy in colour. Figure 2 - carved in two pieces (the trunk is a separate section), and towards the end of the coiling trunk there is a crack which has been lightly reglued. Some subtle drying cracks on the surface on both the body and ears. There is a creamy discolouration commensurate with age. Left tusk has been reglued into its socket. 290114

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