1890-1920
GUSN-8655
"Uptail" decoy of diving goose (aka dabbler). Weighted in center of two patched pieces of wood with lead weight and leather. Painted white on stomach and sides; deep grey to black on back.
decoys
carving (processes)
lead (metal)
leather
painting (coating)
wood (plant material)
figure- and animal-derived motifs
Aves (class)
hunting
Painted
Wood
Lead
Leather
Carved
Dabbler
Hunting
Decoy
Original to Cogswell's Grant (Essex, Mass.),
Unknown
8 1/2 x 5 1/4 (HxW) (inches)
Gift of Bertram K. and Nina Fletcher Little
1992.747
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