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Wooden decoy in the form of a Canada Goose, with an upright head with, glass eyes, carved bill, and a two piece neck. It is realistically painted in gray, black, white and has weights in the base.
decoys
carving (processes)
painting (coating)
pine (wood)
pine (wood)
Pine
Carved
Painted
Decoy
Original to Cogswell's Grant (Essex, Mass.),
Safford, Charles Augustus (Maker)
Plum Island, MA, USA
15.75 x 25 x 10 (HxWxD) (inches)
Gift of Bertram K. and Nina Fletcher Little
1991.1173
Massachusetts (United States)
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