Small, carved in-the-round with wire legs. Painted in natural shades of yellow, brown and white. Mounted on twig set into a circular base.
carvings (visual works)
carving (processes)
painting (coating)
wood (plant material)
figure- and animal-derived motifs
perching birds
Carved
Painted
Wood
Songbird
Carving
Original to Cogswell's Grant (Essex, Mass.),
Unknown
3 1/2 x 4 1/8 (HxW) (inches)
Gift of Bertram K. and Nina Fletcher Little
1991.735
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