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Decoy head of Black Duck with tack eyes. Black bill and black shading on head over grey face. Hole in neck for stick.
decoys
carving (processes)
painting (coating)
wood (plant material)
ducks (birds)
black (color)
hunting
Hunting
Painted
Carved
Duck
Wood
Decoy
Paper label (NFL) at bottom of neck: Black Duck
Original to Cogswell's Grant (Essex, Mass.),
Possibly Mason Decoy Factory (Maker)
Detroit, MI, USA
2 3/4 x 5 1/4 (HxW) (inches)
Gift of Bertram K. and Nina Fletcher Little
1991.801
Michigan (United States)
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