Bird carving

Item Information

Title:
Bird carving
Description:
Small, carved in-the-round with wire legs. Painted in natural shades of tans, brown, white. Mounted on a twig and a turned wood base.
Date:
1860–1900
Genre:
carving (processes)
painting (coating)
wood (plant material)
carvings (visual works)
Location:
Historic New England
Collection (local):
Digitized Museum Collections
Subjects:
figure- and animal-derived motifs
Passeriformes (order)
Carved
Painted
Wood
Songbird
Places:
Massachusetts > Essex (county) > Essex
Cogswell's Grant (Essex, Mass.)
Extent:
4 1/2 in. x 5 in. (H x W)
Link to Item:
https://gusn.us/8522
Terms of Use:
Rights status not evaluated.
Contact host institution for more information.
Notes:
Gift of Bertram K. and Nina Fletcher Little
Accession #:
1991.736
Identifier:
8522