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One of pair, along with 1991.861, of carved and painted decoys representing a green-wing tern, female with brown speckles, green wing patches, neck tucked in and head turned to left in a listening pose. Carved wings, incised head, top and eyes. With green tips on wings and eyes painted deep yellow and black. Bill bright yellow.
decoys
carving (processes)
incising
painting (coating)
wood (plant material)
hunting
figure- and animal-derived motifs
gulls, sandpipers, auks, and allies
Carved
Wood
Painted
Hunting
Tern
Incised
Decoy
In fountain pen on jelly label: Green/ [illegible] Femal[e]/[rest ripped and illegible]
Original to Cogswell's Grant (Essex, Mass.),
Unknown
7 1/4 x 5 5/8 (HxD) (inches)
Gift of Bertram K. and Nina Fletcher Little
1992.670
Vermont (United States)
Title Decoy Accession Number 1991.861
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