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Carved and painted wooden bird representing a plover. It is painted black and yellow, with black beak and eyes and copper wire legs that are painted yellow and affixed to the base. The base bears lettering and there is some incising to create a feathered surface.
carvings (visual works)
oil paint (paint)
carving (processes)
copper (metal)
metal
painting (coating)
wood (plant material)
figure- and animal-derived motifs
Wood
Painted
Carved
Oil Paint
Unidentified Metal
Copper
Carving
Incised with fountain pen on the base bottom is: Plover/Carving/Marblehead.
Original to Cogswell's Grant (Essex, Mass.),
Unknown
2 7/8 x 1 1/2 (HxD) (inches)
Gift of Bertram K. and Nina Fletcher Little
1991.965
Massachusetts (United States)
Title Thrasher Carving Accession Number 1991.966
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