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Decoy: Redhead Drake
A. Elmer Crowell (American, 1862–1952)
1890–1915
Object Place: East Harwich, Cape Cod, Massachusetts, United States
Medium/Technique
Painted wood
Dimensions
19.05 x 32.38 cm (7 1/2 x 12 3/4 in.)
Credit Line
Gift of Maxim Karolik
Accession Number60.492
NOT ON VIEW
CollectionsAmericas
ClassificationsSculpture
DescriptionBlack breast, red head, blue and black bill, yellow bead eyes, dappled gray and white plumage.
Provenance1953, December, Dr. George Ross Starr brought five duck decoys by A. Elmer Crowell to the MFA for review by Curator Henry Rossiter and collector Maxim Karolik; all five, including this one, were subsequently purchased by Karolik; 1960, given by Karolik to the MFA (Accession date: April 14, 1960).