1880-1920
GUSN-11393
Wooden primitively carved and painted decoy representing a scooter duck; deep grey body, white underbelly, and incised feathers in a looping pattern across the back. The tail is in radiating lines and the eyes and beak are incised.
decoys
wood (plant material)
carving (processes)
incising
painting (coating)
Decoy
The inscription (a number?) has faded off the half piece of jelly label adhered to the base of the bird.
Original to Cogswell's Grant (Essex, Mass.),
Unknown
5 1/2 x 5 (HxD) (inches)
Gift of Bertram K. and Nina Fletcher Little
1991.1719
Maine (United States)
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