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1875-1920
GUSN-11394
A wooden carved and painted decoy representing a duck; red bill, black body and white feather detailing in the face and at the wing tips. A hook and lead weight are affixed to the bottom.
decoys
wood (plant material)
carving (processes)
painting (coating)
decoys
Wood
Painted
Carved
Decoy
Original to Cogswell's Grant (Essex, Mass.),
Unknown
7 1/2 x 19 1/2 x 5 3/4 (HxWxD) (inches)
Gift of Bertram K. and Nina Fletcher Little
1991.1720
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