Decoy - Shore Bird (Plover)
Brooklyn Museum photograph
Caption
Decoy - Shore Bird (Plover), ca. 1875. Painted wood probably eastern white pine, bird: 5 x 2 1/2 x 11 1/2 in. (12.7 x 6.4 x 29.2 cm) with stand: 11 in. (27.9 cm). Brooklyn Museum, H. Randolph Lever Fund, 66.73.4. Creative Commons-BY (Photo: Brooklyn Museum, 66.73.4_acetate_bw.jpg)
Gallery
Not on view
Collection
Gallery
Not on view
Collection
Title
Decoy - Shore Bird (Plover)
Date
ca. 1875
Medium
Painted wood probably eastern white pine
Classification
Dimensions
bird: 5 x 2 1/2 x 11 1/2 in. (12.7 x 6.4 x 29.2 cm) with stand: 11 in. (27.9 cm)
Signatures
no signature
Inscriptions
no inscriptions
Markings
written in ball-point pen on side of base: "North Shore / Mass / 2".
Credit Line
H. Randolph Lever Fund
Accession Number
66.73.4
Rights
Creative Commons-BY
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