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Monarch butterfly on wire. Thin wooden cut-out wings glued to carved body. Wire antennae and stand.
figurines
carving (processes)
painting (coating)
wire
wood (plant material)
figure- and animal-derived motifs
butterflies
Wire
Painted
Butterfly
Carved
Wood
Figurine, Animal
Original to Cogswell's Grant (Essex, Mass.),
Unknown
2 1/2 x 3 x 2 5/8 (HxWxD) (inches)
Gift of Bertram K. and Nina Fletcher Little
1992.744
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