Pigeon Decoy

Item Information

Title:
Pigeon Decoy
Description:
A stylized figure of a ZENAIDE PIGEON carved with the full round glass eyes, painted gray, black, pink and white; a stick-up decoy, it is mounted on a half-round rustic wood stand.
Date:
1860–1900
Format:
Objects/Artifacts
Genre:
glass (material)
painting (coating)
wood (plant material)
decoys (objects)
Location:
Historic New England
Collection (local):
Digitized Museum Collections
Subjects:
figure- and animal-derived motifs
Wood
Glass
Painted
Places:
Massachusetts > Essex (county) > Essex
Cogswell's Grant (Essex, Mass.)
Extent:
9 1/2 in. x 13 in. x 3 in. (H x W x D)
Link to Item:
https://gusn.us/2630
Terms of Use:
Rights status not evaluated.
Contact host institution for more information.
Notes:
Gift of Bertram K. and Nina Fletcher Little
Accession #:
1991.851
Identifier:
2630