Carving
- Title:
- Meadow Lark
- Object Name:
- Carving
- Object ID:
- 1987.043.02
- Creator:
- Blackstone, Jess (1909-1988)
Woodcarver - Place of Origin:
- Pembroke, NH
- Date:
- 1940-1960
- Description:
- Carving, bird. Meadow Lark. Carved wooden model of bird on steel legs sticking into carved wood base. Legs painted medium gray with a little red and feet are similar color painted onto base. Base is brown with touches of gray mottled areas to simulate a little mound. Bird has yellow breast that extends under body on bottom. White with brown spots on side. Dark V-shape on front of breast. Top of beak is black and bottom is gray. Dark-colored painted eyes. Light circle around eyes. Four broad black stripes from top and sides of head. Some small gray feathers that are gray and black on sides of head. Feathers on back of body and on wings are brown with some white edges and some speckled dark spots. On tail outer feathers are light-colored with dark specks on them. Inner tail feathers are brown with black spots. Wing feathers are undercut at their ends so they stand out from body a little bit. #"20".
- Material:
- Wood
Steel - Dimensions:
- H-2.6 L-2.9 D-1.1 inches
- Provenance:
- Used by Jess Blackstone (1909-1988), bird carver, of Pembroke, NH.
- Credit Line:
- Gift of Eleanor Lane Harte
- People:
- Blackstone, Jess (1909-1988)
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