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A sleeping curlew with head turned over back. Long bill carved in relief. Small tack eyes.
decoys
carving (processes)
painting (coating)
wood (plant material)
figure- and animal-derived motifs
gulls, sandpipers, auks, and allies
hunting
Wood
Painted
Carved
Hunting
Curlew
Decoy
Felt pen on white label on bottom of base: "FAKE" (handwritten)
Original to Cogswell's Grant (Essex, Mass.),
Unknown
4 1/8 (H) (inches)
Gift of Bertram K. and Nina Fletcher Little
1991.787
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