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1850-1900
GUSN-11218
Hand-carved robin and woodpecker attached to a rough base by brads; handcut nails for eyes; woodpecker has an attached head.
carvings (visual works)
wood (plant material)
carving (processes)
painting (coating)
figure- and animal-derived motifs
Wood
Carved
Painted
Birds
Carving
On a jelly label at the botton is written: ""Carved by/Frank Hunt/Salisbury,/Mass.""
Original to Cogswell's Grant (Essex, Mass.),
Hunt, Frank (Maker)
Salisbury, MA, USA
6 x 12 3/4 x 4 1/4 (HxWxD) (inches)
Gift of Bertram K. and Nina Fletcher Little
1992.763
Massachusetts (United States)
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