Shorebird Decoy

Item Information

Title:
Shorebird Decoy
Description:
Figure of a shorebird carved in the full round with glass bead eyes, carved crest; painted brown and white (white largely worn off) with spots of brown at the back and breast; stick-up decoy raised on a rustic dowel and birch bark stand.
Date:
1880–1920
Format:
Objects/Artifacts
Genre:
carving (processes)
painting (coating)
wood (plant material)
decoys (objects)
Location:
Historic New England
Collection (local):
Digitized Museum Collections
Subjects:
Wood
Painted
Carved
Places:
Massachusetts > Essex (county) > Essex
Cogswell's Grant (Essex, Mass.)
Extent:
8 1/2 in. x 9 1/4 in. (H x W) Diameter: 4 in.; 2.5 in. x 9.25 in. x 2.25 in. (H x W x D)
Link to Item:
https://gusn.us/2643
Terms of Use:
Rights status not evaluated.
Contact host institution for more information.
Notes:
Gift of Bertram K. and Nina Fletcher Little
Accession #:
1991.864
Identifier:
2643