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Decoy Pattern

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Collection Type

  • Tools and equipment

Date

1870-1900

GUSN

GUSN-8557

Description

Flat wooden pattern for duck decoys.

Details

Descriptive Terms

templates (shaping tools)
handmade
wood (plant material)
hunting
Handmade
Hunting
Wood
Template

Inscription

Handwritten in pencil on back: ""Black Brest Plover/2 1/2 inches thick"".

Associated Building

Original to Cogswell's Grant (Essex, Mass.),

Additional Identification Number

1991.771

Maker

Unknown

Credit Line

Gift of Bertram K. and Nina Fletcher Little

Accession Number

1991.771.4

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