1890-1910
GUSN-11368
Hollow carved in the form of a swimming swan, with a shaped neck and head, tack eyes and a shaped bill. The swan has weathered white paint and a bill painted in black. The neck and head are in two separate parts, with the bird having a tin plate on the base.
decoys
wood (plant material)
carving (processes)
painting (coating)
decoys
Wood
Carved
Painted
Decoy
Original to Cogswell's Grant (Essex, Mass.),
Unknown
16 x 26 1/2 (HxW) (inches)
Gift of Bertram K. and Nina Fletcher Little
1991.1702
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