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1880-1920
GUSN-8583
Brown spotted paint and long bill. Streamlined in a pose of running or flying forward. Head pointing up.
decoys
carving (processes)
painting (coating)
wood (plant material)
hunting
figure- and animal-derived motifs
gulls, sandpipers, auks, and allies
Painted
Hunting
Golden Plover
Wood
Carved
Decoy
Original to Cogswell's Grant (Essex, Mass.),
Unknown
8 1/4 x 2.063 (HxD) (inches)
Gift of Bertram K. and Nina Fletcher Little
1991.791
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