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Standing full bodied figure of a lion with a long tail curled back against its side, with outstretched ears, and painted orange and highlighted in black.
character toys
wood (plant material)
carving (processes)
gesso
painting (coating)
figure- and animal-derived motifs
Wood
Gesso
Painted
Carved
Animal
Original to Cogswell's Grant (Essex, Mass.),
Unknown
Germany
2 7/8 x 3 1/5 x 1 (HxWxD) (inches)
Gift of Bertram K. and Nina Fletcher Little
1992.451
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