Carved and painted decoy representing a goose, of the "Loomer" type, in a swimming position; with a brown back, and black tail, head and underbelly.
decoys
oil paint (paint)
wood (plant material)
carving (processes)
painting (coating)
Oil Paint
Wood
Painted
Carved
DECOY
In blue ball point on orange tape on the bottom of the carving is written: J.H. Whitney/ Falmouth Foreside, Me.
Original to Cogswell's Grant (Essex, Mass.),
Unknown
12 1/2 x 37 7/8 x 8 3/4 (HxWxD) (inches)
Gift of Bertram K. and Nina Fletcher Little
1991.1651
Maine (United States)
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