Indonesian Locket on Chain with Dodo Bird Motif

A small white bird, wings spread, stands in a field of blue.

This locket on chain with dodo bird motif comes from Bali, Indonesia, and is contemporary, in sterling silver and glass. The dodo, a flightless bird of Mauritius that was extinct by the 17th century, has become a lasting symbol of the vanished and the whimsical. The locket is round, with a blue glass face bordered by tiny rings, and the bird stands at the center in white. A dark silver rim, hinged to open, frames the glass. The chain is made of round links in a darkened silver tone.

Extinct elsewhere, and well-lodged here.