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Weathervane of a flattened silhouette of a Canada Goose in flight with silhouetted wings nailed at an angle to the body. The head is painted black, while the body and wings retain traces of white and black painted areas. It has tack eyes, a meatal plate and a hole at the base.
weathervanes
wood (plant material)
painting (coating)
figure- and animal-derived motifs
geese
Wood
Painted
Goose
Weathervane
Original to Cogswell's Grant (Essex, Mass.),
Unknown
10 x 28 1/2 (HxW) (inches)
Gift of Bertram K. and Nina Fletcher Little
1991.1095
Massachusetts (United States)
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