1880-1920
GUSN-2635
Hand-whittled wooden decoy with wire bill; painted black and white with black speckles under its belly; it resides on a stick-up stand. N.F. Little has two acquisition entries in decoys file that fit this object in certain respects and not in others: 1. "SNIPE -large size -long bill [2"] Original stick; 15" Brkline" 2. "PR. CURBEWS 13" long. bent over. round wire bill. Fr. Conn, crude." [see NOTE from this record]
decoys
carving (processes)
oil paint (paint)
painting (coating)
wire
wood (plant material)
Wood
Wire
Oil Paint
Carved
Painted
Decoy
Original to Cogswell's Grant (Essex, Mass.),
991.856
Unknown
10 3/4 x 16 x 2 1/4 (HxWxD) (inches)
Gift of Bertram K. and Nina Fletcher Little
1991.856
Connecticut (United States)
Title Stick-Up Decoy Accession Number 1991.1664
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