Stick-up decoy

Item Information

Title:
Stick-up decoy
Description:
A sleeping curlew with head turned over back. Long bill carved in relief. Small tack eyes.
Date:
1955–1961
Format:
Objects/Artifacts
Genre:
carving (processes)
painting (coating)
wood (plant material)
decoys (objects)
Location:
Historic New England
Collection (local):
Digitized Museum Collections
Subjects:
figure- and animal-derived motifs
Charadriiformes (order)
hunting
Wood
Painted
Carved
Hunting
Curlew
Places:
Massachusetts > Essex (county) > Essex
Cogswell's Grant (Essex, Mass.)
Extent:
4 1/8 in. (H); 8.875 in. x 9.25 in. x 2.375 in. (H x W x D)
Link to Item:
https://gusn.us/8579
Terms of Use:
Rights status not evaluated.
Contact host institution for more information.
Notes:
Gift of Bertram K. and Nina Fletcher Little
Accession #:
1991.787
Identifier:
8579