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Redhead Drake decoy
A. Elmer Crowell (American, 1862–1952)
about 1890–1930
Object Place: East Harwich, Massachusetts, United States
Medium/Technique
Painted wood; glass eye
Dimensions
20.32 x 40.64 x 19.05 cm (8 x 16 x 7 1/2 in.)
Credit Line
Gift of Maxim Karolik
Accession Number60.493
CollectionsAmericas
ClassificationsSculpture
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).