A stylized figure of a ZENAIDE PIGEON carved with the full round glass eyes, painted gray, black, pink and white; a stick-up decoy, it is mounted on a half-round rustic wood stand.
decoys
glass (material)
painting (coating)
wood (plant material)
figure- and animal-derived motifs
Wood
Glass
Painted
Decoy
Original to Cogswell's Grant (Essex, Mass.),
Unknown
England
9 1/2 x 13 x 3 (HxWxD) (inches)
Gift of Bertram K. and Nina Fletcher Little
1991.851
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