Herring Gull Decoy Head

Item Information

Title:
Herring Gull Decoy Head
Description:
Head of decoy carved in the full round, painted white with a yellow bill and black eye; holes at front and back where head was nailed to body.
Date:
1890–1930
Format:
Objects/Artifacts
Genre:
painting (coating)
wood (plant material)
carving (processes)
decoys (objects)
fragments (object portions)
Location:
Historic New England
Collection (local):
Digitized Museum Collections
Subjects:
hunting
decoys (objects)
Painted
Hunting
Wood
Places:
Massachusetts > Essex (county) > Essex
Cogswell's Grant (Essex, Mass.)
Extent:
7 1/2 in. x 4 in. (H x W)
Link to Item:
http://gusn.us/2275
Terms of Use:
Rights status not evaluated.
Contact host institution for more information.
Notes:
Gift of Bertram K. and Nina Fletcher Little
Accession #:
1991.283
Identifier:
2275