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1880-1920
GUSN-11395
Carved and painted wooden decoy representing a duck; large watermellon shaped body with a pointed tail. It has painted eyes, a grey top, and a black strip down to the back, head, and back sides. The broken bill, may have been yellow at one time. Also includes a dowel constructed head, oval neck set onto the body, feathered sides, and hook sunk into the front of the base.
decoys
wood (plant material)
carving (processes)
painting (coating)
Decoy
Original to Cogswell's Grant (Essex, Mass.),
Unknown
9 1/2 x 17 1/2 x 6 (HxWxD) (inches)
Gift of Bertram K. and Nina Fletcher Little
1991.1721
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