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One of a pair along with 1992.670 of wooden, carved and painted decoys carved to represent a green-wing teal (female) with brown speckles, green wing patches, neck strained forward in a swiming position; carved wings, incised head top and eyes; green tips on wings and eyes painted deep yellow and black; the bill is bright yellow.
decoys
carving (processes)
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Wood
Carved
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Decoy
1. On jelly label in script fountain pen on the bottom of duck: Green Wing teal/ Swimming. Female/ From Lake Champaign 2. Incised on bottom of duck: [C I (?) F I (?)] [see cataloguing worksheet]
Original to Cogswell's Grant (Essex, Mass.),
Unknown
Lake Champlain
7 1/8 x 5 3/4 (HxD) (inches)
Gift of Bertram K. and Nina Fletcher Little
1991.861
Title Decoy Accession Number 1992.670
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