1880-1920
GUSN-11318
Carved and painted wooden decoy representing a common golden eye, with a: white body, black head, yellow eyes, white spot on cheeks, and a black tail and black and white stained glass pattern on wings. Has an oval neck insert, and leather straps on the bottom, affixed by nails.
decoys
wood (plant material)
carving (processes)
painting (coating)
Decoy
Two jelly labels with faded writing, now illegible.
Original to Cogswell's Grant (Essex, Mass.),
Unknown
4 7/8 x 5 1/2 (HxD) (inches)
Gift of Bertram K. and Nina Fletcher Little
1991.1665
New York state (United States)
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