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1860-1900
GUSN-8586
Three dimensional, with long neck and small head. Painted in dark brown; white spots and black outline on back, neck and head. White with black spotting below beak, throat and breast. White underbelly to tail. Metal (nail) beak. Metal clasp for weight. Hole for stick (?). No eyes; V tail; no legs.
decoys
carving (processes)
painting (coating)
wood (plant material)
hunting
figure- and animal-derived motifs
gulls, sandpipers, auks, and allies
Hunting
Wood
Carved
Snipe
Unidentified Metal
Painted
Decoy
Original to Cogswell's Grant (Essex, Mass.),
Unknown
6 x 9 (HxW) (inches)
Gift of Bertram K. and Nina Fletcher Little
1991.794
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