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Decoy of a duck's head with incised eye and feather marks. Hole for stick in base; no stick.
decoys
wood (plant material)
carving (processes)
incising
painting (coating)
figure- and animal-derived motifs
ducks (birds)
hunting
Hunting
Painted
Wood
Carved
Incised
Duck
Decoy
Blue ball point pen on white label on bottom: Bluebill Duck
Original to Cogswell's Grant (Essex, Mass.),
Morse, Robert (Wood-carver)
Ellsworth, ME, USA
3 7/8 x 5 1/2 x 1 7/10 (HxWxD) (inches)
Gift of Bertram K. and Nina Fletcher Little
1991.800
Maine (United States)
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