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1875-1900
GUSN-8566
One of ten "flatties", silhouetted frames of "yellowlegs" with carved bills and forked tails, painted with brown backs, heads spotted with cream, cream breasts and necks, black bills and eyes; drilled with holes at underside. All contained in Box 1991.772.11, with their original sticks.
decoys
wood (plant material)
painting (coating)
carving (processes)
figure- and animal-derived motifs
ducks (birds)
hunting
Wood
Painted
Hunting
Duck
Carved
Decoy
Original to Cogswell's Grant (Essex, Mass.),
1991.772.11
1991.772.11
Unknown
Gift of Bertram K. and Nina Fletcher Little
1991.772.7
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