My neighbor commissioned this piece as an update to an existing piece they had, It's a door topper. The old one was 4 ducks and they wanted the entire family laid out. If I used the ducks, this would have been 78" long. I opted and they approved of standing pelicans instead. Made it more beach oriented and saved lots of space. It's still 48" long though and 10" at its highest (the first pelican) I'm hoping the pelicans will stay on that bar - I used titebond I and had to sand