Bird Carving

Item Information

Title:
Bird Carving
Description:
One of a pair of carved birds, reddish brown undeelly and black wings and top, with wire legs. Incised wings and tail feathers (smaller than 1992.459).
Creator:
Wilson, Augustus Aaron, 1864-1950
Date:
1880–1920
Genre:
wood (plant material)
carving (processes)
incising
oil paint (paint)
wire
carvings (visual works)
Location:
Historic New England
Collection (local):
Digitized Museum Collections
Subjects:
figure- and animal-derived motifs
Wood
Wire
Oil Paint
Carved
Painted
Incised
Places:
Massachusetts > Essex (county) > Essex
Cogswell's Grant (Essex, Mass.)
Extent:
4 1/4 in. x 2 1/8 in. x 10 3/8 in. (H x D x L)
Link to Item:
http://gusn.us/11125
Terms of Use:
Rights status not evaluated.
Contact host institution for more information.
Place of origin:
Possibly Maine (United States)
Notes:
Gift of Bertram K. and Nina Fletcher Little
Accession #:
1992.458
Identifier:
11125