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Figure of a female green teal carved in the full round; the carved heads, eye, wings and tail are painted grey with splotches of pale blue, green and white plumage; the head is attached at the base of the neck and a head weight and leather rig strap nailed to underside.
decoys
carving (processes)
painting (coating)
wood (plant material)
Wood
Carved
Painted
Decoy
On a jelly jar label under the duck: [N.F. Little's script in file] green winged/ teal (Mass)/ female
Original to Cogswell's Grant (Essex, Mass.),
Unknown
5 x 10 x 3 1/2 (HxWxD) (inches)
Gift of Bertram K. and Nina Fletcher Little
1991.860
Massachusetts (United States)
Title Green Winged Teal Decoy Accession Number 1991.809
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