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1926-1950
GUSN-8574
Displayed on wire stands with wooden base. Flat profile with brown backs and heads. White breast and underbelly. Painted black eyes.
decoys
carving (processes)
painting (coating)
wire
wood (plant material)
hunting
figure- and animal-derived motifs
gulls, sandpipers, auks, and allies
Wood
Painted
Sandpiper
Wire
Carved
Hunting
Decoy
Original to Cogswell's Grant (Essex, Mass.),
Unknown
7 3/8 x 8 1/8 x 1/5 (HxWxD) (inches)
Gift of Bertram K. and Nina Fletcher Little
1991.782
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