1890-1920
GUSN-11369
A rough hewn "archaic" goose carved from drift wood with an arched neck in a feeding position. Some white paint is visible at the neck and under chest and tail section.
decoys
wood (plant material)
carving (processes)
painting (image-making)
decoys
Wood
Carved
Decoy
Original to Cogswell's Grant (Essex, Mass.),
Unknown
9 1/2 x 28 (HxW) (inches)
Gift of Bertram K. and Nina Fletcher Little
1991.1703
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