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Stick-up decoy

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Collection Type

  • Decorative arts

Date

1860-1900

GUSN

GUSN-8580

Description

Full-bodied figure of a peep with metal tack eyes and wood bill. Painted in tan and brown to suggest natural coloring. A stick-up hole at underside for dowel.

Details

Descriptive Terms

decoys
painting (coating)
papier mâché
wood (plant material)
hunting
Painted
Hunting
Peep
Papier Mache
Decoy

Associated Building

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

Maker

Rosato, Rachel (Vendor)

Dimensions

3 1/4 x 6 1/4 x 2 (HxWxD) (inches)

Credit Line

Gift of Bertram K. and Nina Fletcher Little

Accession Number

1991.788

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