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1880-1900
GUSN-8593
Goose head on long stick with hole in end. Overall painted black. Two pieces with seam at neck. Nail construction.
decoys
carving (processes)
painting (coating)
wood (plant material)
figure- and animal-derived motifs
geese
hunting
Hunting
Painted
Carved
Goose
Wood
Decoy
Stamped incision in tin: /P SQUIRE & CO/URE [three unknown letters/marks] [cut off where tin is cut; on tin container or sheet used for birds]
Original to Cogswell's Grant (Essex, Mass.),
Unknown
14 3/8 x 4 x 7/8 (HxWxD) (inches)
Gift of Bertram K. and Nina Fletcher Little
1991.798
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