The current owner of this magnificent stainless steel sculpture appreciated the work as a hornbill sculpted in abstract expression. The hornbill (bucerotidae) with its down-curved bill, often with a casque on the upper mandible, is one of the most ornithological specimens in the world being found in sub-Saharan Africa, the Indian subcontinent and Asia (mainly Indonesia, Malaysia, Singapore and the Philippines). Sarawak has even adopted the rhinoceros hornbill (buceros rhinoceros), a sacred bird of the Dayaks, as its state emblem. It is not uncommon for creatures or plants / flowers to be used to symbolise people, country / state through myths, legends and modern branding. For instances, the mythical Merlion and Vanda Miss Joaquim (Singapore), the giant panda or Ailuropoda melanoleuca (China), and the Malayan tiger and bunga raya or hibiscus (Malaysia). For Latiff Mohidin, whose art is partly based on paleontology like his series, Serangga (a kind of insect pests). It’s inexorable that he picked on the hornbill because of the curious shape of its head as a sacred object of veneration, denoting power and myths, and through its polished reflective surface one of beauty. The emphasis is on its elongated beak extending like a slide easing movement as well as a device to dislodge (preys and predators). The beaks torn from the hornbill are used as traditional headgear of the Dayaks, investing on the wearer a badge of bravery and awe. The rhinoceros hornbill and the great hornbill are among the eight most distinct species found in Malaysia.