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Miniature Duck Decoy

Collection Type

  • Decorative arts

Date

1890-1920

GUSN

GUSN-2652

Description

Figure of a duck carved in the round with pivoting head, painted black and white with red eye and gray bill.

Details

Descriptive Terms

decoys
miniatures (toys)
American linden (wood)
carving (processes)
painting (coating)
figure- and animal-derived motifs
Basswood
Carved
Painted
Decoy

Associated Building

Original to Cogswell's Grant (Essex, Mass.),

Maker

Unknown

Dimensions

1 3/4 x 3 1/2 x 1 1/2 (HxWxD) (inches)

Credit Line

Gift of Bertram K. and Nina Fletcher Little

Accession Number

1991.874

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