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Figure of a pigeon carved in the full round with deeply carved wing and tail and detailed breast; tack eyes; carved bill; painted in dark grey, burgundy with white highlights and light grey underside; a stick-up mounted on a rectangular half-round base and dowel stand.
decoys
carving (processes)
painting (coating)
wood (plant material)
Wood
Painted
Carved
Decoy
Original to Cogswell's Grant (Essex, Mass.),
Unknown
England
10 x 15 x 4 1/2 (HxWxD) (inches)
Gift of Bertram K. and Nina Fletcher Little
1991.852
New Jersey (United States)
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