Crane’s bill

Storch, n. stork, -schnabel, m. pantograph Storchschnabelkraut. -schnabelkraut, n. crane s-bill, geranium, esp. herb Robert. 

Features Stem up to three feet high, swollen at the joints, freely branched. Dark green leaves, almost circular in form, with five to seven much-divided leaflets, coarsely notched at edges. Seed-pod is distinctive— long, sharp-pointed, pendulous—and might be said by the imaginative to resemble a "crane s bill."... 

The outside of the horn-like casque is often red, while the inside is a creamy yellow. This material was highly sought-after and, before the invention of firearms, very difficult to obtain. Asian artists produced snuff bottles, buttons, netsukes, and other small objects from this material. Sometimes the entire head of the bird would be retained, parts of it carved and some areas left in their natural state, sometimes even with feathers intact. Hornbill ivory is also known as golden jade, crane s crest, crane s bill, and ha-ting. 

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