Cormorant Decoy

Item Information

Title:
Cormorant Decoy
Description:
Wooden carved decoy representing a cormorant painted black with a yellow hooked bill and webbed feet.
Date:
1870–1900
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
Neornithes (subclass)
Wood
Painted
Carved
Cormorant
Places:
Massachusetts > Essex (county) > Essex
Cogswell's Grant (Essex, Mass.)
Extent:
13 5/8 in. x 5.063 in. x 27 1/8 in. (H x D x L)
Link to Item:
http://gusn.us/2418
Terms of Use:
Rights status not evaluated.
Contact host institution for more information.
Notes:
Gift of Bertram K. and Nina Fletcher Little
Accession #:
1991.441
Identifier:
2418