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95.1.1	1504	Yellow-shafted Flicker	Carving, Life-size	Birds Carvings	Yellow-shafted Flicker Accession #: 95.1.1 Identifier: 1504 Type: Carving, Life-size Subject: Birds Carvings Creator: Gilley - Wendell Holmes Gilley (1904-1983) Date: 1969 Tags: highlights Description: One of sixty-one carvings exhibited in a major museum retrospective "Downeast Bird Carvings by Wendell Gilley" at the Academy of Natural Sciences in Philadelphia in 1976/77. Adult male northern flicker in a feeding position on driftwood mount ; glass eyes, cast lead feet with curved talons "gripping" the curves of the driftwood ; signed "Gilley" in black ink on lower left of the upper surface of the mount ; additionally signed on the flat underside of the base in three separate areas: "Yellow-shafted Flicker" and "By W.H. Gilley 1969" and "Made especially for Dr. & Mrs. J.L. Hollander." [show more]
	1426	Yellowlegs	Image, Photograph	Birds Carvings	Yellowlegs Identifier: 1426 Type: Image, Photograph Subject: Birds Carvings Creator: Gilley - Wendell Holmes Gilley (1904-1983) Date: 1969-10 Description: Photograph of a carving of a yellowlegs by Wendell Gilley.
81.1.58	1257	Yellowlegs	Carving, Miniature	Birds Carvings	Yellowlegs Accession #: 81.1.58 Identifier: 1257 Type: Carving, Miniature Subject: Birds Carvings Creator: Gilley - Wendell Holmes Gilley (1904-1983) Date: 1940 c Description: Miniature adult; glass eyes, wire legs set into smooth round base with painted feet; body horizontal, head semi-erect, facing forward; underside of base marked/signed "Addie Gilley, by W. H. Gilley." Elmer Crowell copy
20.01.093	1338	Woodcock	Carving, Miniature	Birds Carvings	Woodcock Accession #: 20.01.093 Identifier: 1338 Type: Carving, Miniature Subject: Birds Carvings Creator: Gilley - Wendell Holmes Gilley (1904-1983) Date: 1956 Description: Signed "Gilley" on front right of carved oblong base
89.3.17	1359	Woodcock	Carving, 3/4 Life-size	Birds Carvings	Woodcock Accession #: 89.3.17 Identifier: 1359 Type: Carving, 3/4 Life-size Subject: Birds Carvings Creator: Gilley - Wendell Holmes Gilley (1904-1983) Date: 1980 Description: Adult woodcock with feet stretching downward over face of the domed burl base ; head erect facing straight ahead with long bill pointed downward ; glass eyes, wire legs and metal feet. Signed "Gilley '80" on right side of base ; Marked "Woodcock by W.H. Gilley 1980" on underside of base.
20.01.110	1360	Woodcock	Carving, Life-size	Birds Carvings	Woodcock Accession #: 20.01.110 Identifier: 1360 Type: Carving, Life-size Subject: Birds Carvings Creator: Gilley - Wendell Holmes Gilley (1904-1983) Date: 1971 Description: Label affixed to underside of base: "American Woodcock, 1971 ; Addie Gilley Collection"
20.01.118	1369	Woodcock	Carving, Miniature	Birds Carvings	Woodcock Accession #: 20.01.118 Identifier: 1369 Type: Carving, Miniature Subject: Birds Carvings Creator: Gilley - Wendell Holmes Gilley (1904-1983) Description: Signed "W.H. Gilley" on underside of base ; no date
	1564	Woodcock	Carving, Life-size	Birds Carvings	Woodcock Identifier: 1564 Type: Carving, Life-size Subject: Birds Carvings Creator: Gilley - Wendell Holmes Gilley (1904-1983) Description: Woodcock on driftwood base ; head turned slightly to the right. Signed "Gilley" on right side of base ; inscribed "Woodcock by W. H. Gilley" on underside of base. No date visible.
99.3.1	1358	Woodcock	Carving	Birds Carvings	Woodcock Accession #: 99.3.1 Identifier: 1358 Type: Carving Subject: Birds Carvings Creator: Gilley - Wendell Holmes Gilley (1904-1983) Date: 1972 Description: Inscribed "Made for Byron and Maureen Cheever" on underside of base ; signed "Gilley '72" on top of base.
20.01.073	1315	Wood Stork	Carving, Miniature	Birds Carvings	Wood Stork Accession #: 20.01.073 Identifier: 1315 Type: Carving, Miniature Subject: Birds Carvings Creator: Gilley - Wendell Holmes Gilley (1904-1983) Description: Wire legs, painted feet ; no signature or date
84.1.1	1314	Wood Duck, Pair	Carving	Birds Carvings	Wood Duck, Pair Accession #: 84.1.1 Identifier: 1314 Type: Carving Subject: Birds Carvings Creator: Gilley - Wendell Holmes Gilley (1904-1983) Description: Signed "Gilley" on right side of base ; no date
	1514	Wood Duck, Pair	Image, Photograph	Birds Carvings	Wood Duck, Pair Identifier: 1514 Type: Image, Photograph Subject: Birds Carvings Description: Black and white photograph of a wood duck pair labeled "Wendell Gilley - Wood Duck" on reverse
	1546	Wood Duck, Group	Carving, Multiple Birds, 1/4 Life-size	Birds Carvings	Wood Duck, Group Identifier: 1546 Type: Carving, Multiple Birds, 1/4 Life-size Subject: Birds Carvings Creator: Gilley - Wendell Holmes Gilley (1904-1983) Date: 1976 Description: Approx. 1/4 life size group of four; two males, two females on driftwood branch mounted on smooth oblong wooden base. Underside of base inscribed "Wood Ducks by Wendell Gilley 1976".
91.01.09	1382	Wood Duck	Carving, Miniature	Birds Carvings	Wood Duck Accession #: 91.01.09 Identifier: 1382 Type: Carving, Miniature Subject: Birds Carvings Creator: Crowell - A. Elmer Crowell (1862-1952) Description: Has black A.E. Crowell & Son label on underside of base
22.04.21	1626	Wood carving : with suggestions in chip carving : designed as an elementary course of instruction and to meet the requirements of technical classes in connection with the Board of Education.	Publication, Book	Carvings	Wood carving : with suggestions in chip carving : designed as an elementary course of instruction and to meet the requirements of technical classes in connection with the Board of Education. Accession #: 22.04.21 Identifier: 1626 Type: Publication, Book Subject: Carvings Creator: Simmonds - Thos. C. Simmonds Date: 1924 Description: By Thomas C. Simmonds with numerous illustrations by the author, published by George Allen & Unwin, 1892, reprinted 1924.
22.04.10	1615	Wood carving.	Publication, Book	Carvings	Wood carving. Accession #: 22.04.10 Identifier: 1615 Type: Publication, Book Subject: Carvings Creator: Skinner - Freda Skinner Date: 1961 Description: Illustrated by Constance Morton. Published by Bonanza Books.
	1419	Willet	Image, Photograph	Birds Carvings	Willet Identifier: 1419 Type: Image, Photograph Subject: Birds Carvings Creator: Ballard - Willis Humphreys Ballard (1906-1980) Description: Photograph of willet carved by Wendell Gilley. Stamped "Anchor Light Studio, W.H. Ballard, Southwest Harbor, Maine" on back ; numbered "#40"
2024.02.08	1644	Wildlife in wood	Publication, Book	Birds Carvings Other, Literature	Wildlife in wood Accession #: 2024.02.08 Identifier: 1644 Type: Publication, Book Subject: Birds Carvings Other, Literature Creator: LeMaster - Richard LeMaster Date: 1978 Description: Published : Chillicothe, Ill. : Model Technology. Inscribed by the author "To Wendell Gilley, with best wishes to one of the pioneers in this field. We have all benefited from your efforts."
20.01.100	1345	Wild Turkey	Carving	Birds Carvings	Wild Turkey Accession #: 20.01.100 Identifier: 1345 Type: Carving Subject: Birds Carvings Creator: Gilley - Wendell Holmes Gilley (1904-1983) Date: 1974 Description: Underside of base marked: "Wild Turkey made for Hilda and Hulda Bragdon Christmas 1974 by Wendell Gilley"
91.01.12	1389	White-winged scoter, Female	Carving, Miniature	Birds Carvings	White-winged scoter, Female Accession #: 91.01.12 Identifier: 1389 Type: Carving, Miniature Subject: Birds Carvings Creator: Crowell - A. Elmer Crowell (1862-1952) Description: Has black A.E. Crowell & Son label on underside of base.
84.3.1	1282	White-winged Crossbill Pair	Carving, Pair	Birds Carvings	White-winged Crossbill Pair Accession #: 84.3.1 Identifier: 1282 Type: Carving, Pair Subject: Birds Carvings Creator: Gilley - Wendell Holmes Gilley (1904-1983) Description: Signed "Gilley" on front of driftwood base. No date
91.01.01	1390	Whimbrel	Carving, Miniature	Birds Carvings	Whimbrel Accession #: 91.01.01 Identifier: 1390 Type: Carving, Miniature Subject: Birds Carvings Creator: Crowell - A. Elmer Crowell (1862-1952) Description: Has stamp "A. E. Crowell, East Harwich" on underside of base.
	1004	Wendell Holmes Gilley at Work on a Goose	Image, Photograph	Birds Carvings People	Wendell Holmes Gilley at Work on a Goose Identifier: 1004 Type: Image, Photograph Subject: Birds Carvings People Date: 1975 Description: Wendell Gilley painting a Canada Goose. Reverse side marked: "W SW '75"
	1226	Wendell H. Gilley with Eagle, November 1970	Image, Photograph	Birds Carvings People	Wendell H. Gilley with Eagle, November 1970 Identifier: 1226 Type: Image, Photograph Subject: Birds Carvings People Date: 1970-11 Description: Wendell Gilley standing next to unfinished half life size carved eagle
	1228	Wendell H. Gilley, September 1974	Image, Photograph	Birds Carvings People	Wendell H. Gilley, September 1974 Identifier: 1228 Type: Image, Photograph Subject: Birds Carvings People Date: 1974-09 Description: Wendell Gilley next to a shelf holding carving of Canada geese
	1592	Wendell H. Gilley Painting a Cardinal	Image, Photograph	Birds Carvings People	Wendell H. Gilley Painting a Cardinal Identifier: 1592 Type: Image, Photograph Subject: Birds Carvings People Description: Wendell Gilley at his work table painting a carving of a cardinal, bookshelves in background
	1223	Wendell H. Gilley in his workshop - Oct. 1971	Image, Photograph	Carvings People	Wendell H. Gilley in his workshop - Oct. 1971 Identifier: 1223 Type: Image, Photograph Subject: Carvings People Date: 1971 - 10 Description: Wendell Gilley at work on a carving in his workshop.
	1280	Wendell H. Gilley in his workshop - Dec. 1960	Image, Photograph	Birds Carvings People	Wendell H. Gilley in his workshop - Dec. 1960 Identifier: 1280 Type: Image, Photograph Subject: Birds Carvings People Date: 1960 - 12 Description: Wendell Gilley in his workshop with carvings of cormorants, heron, and osprey.
	1484	Wendell H. Gilley in his workshop	Image, Photograph	Carvings People	Wendell H. Gilley in his workshop Identifier: 1484 Type: Image, Photograph Subject: Carvings People Description: Wendell Gilley at work at his carving desk
	1224	Wendell H. Gilley in his Workshop	Image, Photograph	Carvings People	Wendell H. Gilley in his Workshop Identifier: 1224 Type: Image, Photograph Subject: Carvings People Description: Wendell Gilley working on a carving, cormorants and herons on the wall behind him
	1230	Wendell H. Gilley Holding Owl Carving	Image, Photograph	Birds Carvings People	Wendell H. Gilley Holding Owl Carving Identifier: 1230 Type: Image, Photograph Subject: Birds Carvings People Description: Wendell Gilley outdoors holding small carving of an owl perched on a driftwood branch
	1232	Wendell H. Gilley holding Official Seal of the State of Maine, 1955	Image, Photograph	Carvings People	Wendell H. Gilley holding Official Seal of the State of Maine, 1955 Identifier: 1232 Type: Image, Photograph Subject: Carvings People Date: 1955 Description: Wendell Gilley holding the carving of the Maine state seal he carved for the Northeast Harbor Public Library
	1227	Wendell H. Gilley Holding Eagle Carving and Miniature Mallard, Summer 1971	Image, Photograph	Birds Carvings People	Wendell H. Gilley Holding Eagle Carving and Miniature Mallard, Summer 1971 Identifier: 1227 Type: Image, Photograph Subject: Birds Carvings People Creator: Kelly - Diane L. Date: 1971 Description: Wendell Gilley standing in front of garage holding two carvings, an eagle and his first carving, a mallard made in 1930. On back of photo: "Wendell, Gilley, summer 1971, taken by Diane L. Kelly, his 1st & present bird in progress."
	1430	Wendell H. Gilley Holding Carved Osprey	Image, Photograph	Birds Carvings People	Wendell H. Gilley Holding Carved Osprey Identifier: 1430 Type: Image, Photograph Subject: Birds Carvings People Description: Wendell Gilley outdoors holding carved osprey
	1225	Wendell H. Gilley Carving Eagle	Image, Photograph	Birds Carvings People	Wendell H. Gilley Carving Eagle Identifier: 1225 Type: Image, Photograph Subject: Birds Carvings People Description: Wendell Gilley at workbench carving eagle with raised wings
	1229	Wendell H. Gilley Carving a Grouse	Image, Photograph	Birds Carvings People	Wendell H. Gilley Carving a Grouse Identifier: 1229 Type: Image, Photograph Subject: Birds Carvings People Description: Wendell Gilley in his workshop carving, tools hanging on wall next to him
	1222	Wendell H. Gilley with Osprey - 1972	Image, Photograph	Carvings People	Wendell H. Gilley with Osprey - 1972 Identifier: 1222 Type: Image, Photograph Subject: Carvings People Date: 1972 Description: Wendell Gilley holding carved osprey in a snow covered yard, Southeast Harbor, Maine
	1593	Wendell H. Gilley	Image, Photograph	Carvings People	Wendell H. Gilley Identifier: 1593 Type: Image, Photograph Subject: Carvings People Description: Wendell Gilley working on a wood carving. At his collar he is wearing a pin shaped like a duck.
	1457	Wendell Gilley's Carving Desk	Image, Photograph	Birds Carvings	Wendell Gilley's Carving Desk Identifier: 1457 Type: Image, Photograph Subject: Birds Carvings Description: Gilley's desk covered with boxes of carved birds, tools, and other supplies ; "Credit: Roche, Caldwell N.J." stamped on reverse.
	1542	Wendell Gilley with life-size wild turkey carving	Image, Photograph	Birds Carvings People	Wendell Gilley with life-size wild turkey carving Identifier: 1542 Type: Image, Photograph Subject: Birds Carvings People Creator: Brown - W. L. Brown Date: 1973 Description: On reverse side of photograph: "Taken by W. L. Brown Summer of 1973"
	1540	Wendell Gilley with Great Horned Owl	Image, Photograph	Birds Carvings People	Wendell Gilley with Great Horned Owl Identifier: 1540 Type: Image, Photograph Subject: Birds Carvings People Date: 1972-06-30 Description: Wendell Gilley standing next to a life size great horned owl carving. Also shown are carvings of a Canada goose, woodcock, and an unpainted pair of cormorants.
	1452	Wendell Gilley Painting a Godwit	Image, Photograph	Birds Carvings People	Wendell Gilley Painting a Godwit Identifier: 1452 Type: Image, Photograph Subject: Birds Carvings People Description: Wendell Gilley painting a carving in his workshop with a pipe in his mouth. "Credit: Roche, Caldwell N.J." stamped on reverse.
	1451	Wendell Gilley Painting a Canada Goose	Image, Photograph	Birds Carvings People	Wendell Gilley Painting a Canada Goose Identifier: 1451 Type: Image, Photograph Subject: Birds Carvings People Description: Wendell Gilley seated in his workshop next to a window with miniature carvings on windowsill. "Credit: Roche, Caldwell N.J." stamped on reverse.
	1594	Wendell Gilley in his Workshop	Image, Photograph	Birds Carvings People	Wendell Gilley in his Workshop Identifier: 1594 Type: Image, Photograph Subject: Birds Carvings People Description: Wendell uses a barber's chair he converted into a workbench to hold an eagle carving while he works on it.
	1455	Wendell Gilley Carving Wings	Image, Photograph	Birds Carvings People	Wendell Gilley Carving Wings Identifier: 1455 Type: Image, Photograph Subject: Birds Carvings People Description: "Credit: Roche, Caldwell N.J." stamped on reverse.
	1529	Wendell Gilley Carving an Osprey, November 1981	Image, Photograph	Birds Carvings People	Wendell Gilley Carving an Osprey, November 1981 Identifier: 1529 Type: Image, Photograph Subject: Birds Carvings People Date: 1981-11-21 Description: Polaroid photograph of Wendell Gilley in his workshop working on an osprey carving
	1596	Wendell Gilley Carving a Pheasant	Image, Photograph	Birds Carvings People	Wendell Gilley Carving a Pheasant Identifier: 1596 Type: Image, Photograph Subject: Birds Carvings People Description: Wendell Gillley seated at his workbench carving what appears to be a miniature pheasant. Pieces of driftwood are on table behind him
	1454	Wendell Gilley Carving a Bird	Image, Photograph	Birds Carvings People	Wendell Gilley Carving a Bird Identifier: 1454 Type: Image, Photograph Subject: Birds Carvings People Description: "Credit: Roche, Caldwell N.J." stamped on reverse.
	1456	Wendell Gilley Carving a Bird	Image, Photograph	Birds Carvings People	Wendell Gilley Carving a Bird Identifier: 1456 Type: Image, Photograph Subject: Birds Carvings People Description: "Credit: Roche, Caldwell N.J." stamped on reverse.
	1541	Wendell Gilley and Steven Rockefeller	Image, Photograph	Birds Carvings People	Wendell Gilley and Steven Rockefeller Identifier: 1541 Type: Image, Photograph Subject: Birds Carvings People Description: Wendell Gilley, holding a carving of a ruffed grouse, with Steven Rockefeller. On reverse side of photograph: "Wendell Gilley in his S.W. Harbor Studio"
2024.01.07	1642	Want to carve a duck? : a beginner's guide	Publication, Book	Birds Carvings	Want to carve a duck? : a beginner's guide Accession #: 2024.01.07 Identifier: 1642 Type: Publication, Book Subject: Birds Carvings Creator: Guthe - Elizabeth Corey Guthe Date: 1984 Description: Published: Southwest Harbor, Maine : Publisher's Northeast. Inscription to Nina Gormley by the author on title page.
84.3.2	1255	Vesper Sparrow	Carving	Birds Carvings	Vesper Sparrow Accession #: 84.3.2 Identifier: 1255 Type: Carving Subject: Birds Carvings Creator: Gilley - Wendell Holmes Gilley (1904-1983) Description: Signed "Gilley" on driftwood base. No date
20.01.126	1459	Tit on a Vise	Carving	Birds Carvings	Tit on a Vise Accession #: 20.01.126 Identifier: 1459 Type: Carving Subject: Birds Carvings Creator: Gilley - Wendell Holmes Gilley (1904-1983)
22.04.13	1618	The art of wood carving.	Publication, Book	Carvings	The art of wood carving. Accession #: 22.04.13 Identifier: 1618 Type: Publication, Book Subject: Carvings Creator: Upton - John Upton (1897-) Date: 1958 Description: Published by D. Van Nostrand Co., Inc.
91.01.28	1387	Surf scoter, Male	Carving, Miniature	Birds Carvings	Surf scoter, Male Accession #: 91.01.28 Identifier: 1387 Type: Carving, Miniature Subject: Birds Carvings Creator: Crowell - A. Elmer Crowell (1862-1952) Description: Has black A.E. Crowell & Son label on underside of base. Label marked "Skunk head"
91.01.29	1388	Surf scoter, Female	Carving, Miniature	Birds Carvings	Surf scoter, Female Accession #: 91.01.29 Identifier: 1388 Type: Carving, Miniature Subject: Birds Carvings Creator: Crowell - A. Elmer Crowell (1862-1952) Description: Has black A.E. Crowell & Son label on underside of base.
84.1.3	1269	Squirrel Ash Tray Holder	Carving	Carvings	Squirrel Ash Tray Holder Accession #: 84.1.3 Identifier: 1269 Type: Carving Subject: Carvings Creator: Gilley - Wendell Holmes Gilley (1904-1983) Description: Carved squirrel sitting on branch and holding a nut in its paws. Not dated. Signed "Gilley" on back of base
20.01.117	1368	Spotted sandpiper	Carving, Miniature	Birds Carvings	Spotted sandpiper Accession #: 20.01.117 Identifier: 1368 Type: Carving, Miniature Subject: Birds Carvings Creator: Gilley - Wendell Holmes Gilley (1904-1983) Description: Signed "by W.H. Gilley" on underside of driftwood base ; no date
20.01.007	1246	Spotted sandpiper	Carving	Birds Carvings	Spotted sandpiper Accession #: 20.01.007 Identifier: 1246 Type: Carving Subject: Birds Carvings Creator: Gilley - Wendell Holmes Gilley (1904-1983) Date: 1950 c Description: Signed "Gilley" on bottom of driftwood base
89.3.20	1503	Spotted sandpiper	Carving, Almost Life-size	Birds Carvings	Spotted sandpiper Accession #: 89.3.20 Identifier: 1503 Type: Carving, Almost Life-size Subject: Birds Carvings Creator: Gilley - Wendell Holmes Gilley (1904-1983) Date: 1979 Description: Adult standing on weathered driftwood base, right leg retracted, neck slightly outstretched, head erect and looking ahead, bill curved slightly downward ; glass eyes, wire legs and metal feet. Signed on top of base near left foot: "Gilley" in felt tip pen ; also on underside, "Spotted Sandpiper by W.H. Gilley, 1979"
20.01.075	1317	Spotted and Solitary Sandpipers	Carving	Birds Carvings	Spotted and Solitary Sandpipers Accession #: 20.01.075 Identifier: 1317 Type: Carving Subject: Birds Carvings Creator: Gilley - Wendell Holmes Gilley (1904-1983) Description: Solitary sandpiper perched with wings upright on driftwood branch ; spotted sandpiper standing, body tilted downward, on carved oblong base. Signed "Gilley" on left front of oblong base ; no date
20.01.127	1460	Snowy Owl, Male	Carving	Birds Carvings	Snowy Owl, Male Accession #: 20.01.127 Identifier: 1460 Type: Carving Subject: Birds Carvings Creator: Gilley - Wendell Holmes Gilley (1904-1983) Date: 1974 Description: Owl looking over left shoulder, glass eyes, wire toes. Signed "Gilley" on rear of driftwood base. Underside of base stamped Wendell H. Gilley.
81.3.9	1462	Snowy Egret	Carving, Miniature	Birds Carvings	Snowy Egret Accession #: 81.3.9 Identifier: 1462 Type: Carving, Miniature Subject: Birds Carvings Creator: Gilley - Wendell Holmes Gilley (1904-1983) Date: 1950 c Description: Miniature adult on driftwood base stands erect, neck [?] back, head up, glass eyes, metal legs, feet, and crest feathers, painted details. Signed on lower right of base "Gilley."
20.01.092	1337	Shoveler	Carving, Miniature	Birds Carvings	Shoveler Accession #: 20.01.092 Identifier: 1337 Type: Carving, Miniature Subject: Birds Carvings Creator: Gilley - Wendell Holmes Gilley (1904-1983) Description: Signed "by W.H. Gilley" on underside of base
2024.05.01	1645	Shang : a biography of Charles E. Wheeler	Publication, Book	Carvings People	Shang : a biography of Charles E. Wheeler Accession #: 2024.05.01 Identifier: 1645 Type: Publication, Book Subject: Carvings People Creator: Merkt - Dixon MacD. Merkt Date: 1984 Description: Published: Spanish Fork, Utah : Hillcrest Publications, c1984 Inscription to the museum by the author on half title page.
89.3.18	1448	Semipalmated Plover	Carving, Life-size	Birds Carvings	Semipalmated Plover Accession #: 89.3.18 Identifier: 1448 Type: Carving, Life-size Subject: Birds Carvings Creator: Gilley - Wendell Holmes Gilley (1904-1983) Date: 1975 Description: Adult on small driftwood base ; body appears to be "bobbing" downward ; tail swept up, wing tips folded over ; glass eyes, wire legs and metal feet ; body covered overall with finely incised lines. Signed, dated and marked "Semipalmated Plover (Lifesize) by W.H. Gilley, 1975" on underside of base.
	1544	Saw-whet Owl	Carving	Birds Carvings	Saw-whet Owl Identifier: 1544 Type: Carving Subject: Birds Carvings Creator: Gilley - Wendell Holmes Gilley (1904-1983) Date: 1969 Description: Owl looking over left shoulder, perched on driftwood base. Inscribed "Made especially for Hilda + Hulda Bragdon , Saw whet owl" on underside of base ; signed W.H. Gilley and dated 1969.
22.03.01	1602	Saw-whet Owl	Carving	Birds Carvings	Saw-whet Owl Accession #: 22.03.01 Identifier: 1602 Type: Carving Subject: Birds Carvings Creator: Gilley - Wendell Holmes Gilley (1904-1983) Date: 1969 Description: Saw-whet owl looking to the side, perched on driftwood branch. Underside of driftwood inscribed Saw Whet Owl by W.H. Gilley 1969. Signed "Gilley" on lower part of driftwood near owl's tail.
22.03.02	1603	Saw-whet Owl	Carving, 1/2 Life-size	Birds Carvings	Saw-whet Owl Accession #: 22.03.02 Identifier: 1603 Type: Carving, 1/2 Life-size Subject: Birds Carvings Creator: Gilley - Wendell Holmes Gilley (1904-1983) Date: 1973 Description: Saw-whet owl looking to the side, perched on driftwood branch attached to carved wooden base by single screw. Underside of base inscribed Saw-whet Owl 1/2 life size made for Mary Holmes 1973. Signed "Gilley" on lower part of driftwood branch.
89.3.23	1247	Saw-whet Owl	Carving, 1/2 Life-size	Birds Carvings	Saw-whet Owl Accession #: 89.3.23 Identifier: 1247 Type: Carving, 1/2 Life-size Subject: Birds Carvings Creator: Gilley - Wendell Holmes Gilley (1904-1983) Date: 1971 ? Description: Adult male sitting in the crotch of a Y shaped twig mount, body facing forward but head turned completely to the left ; glass eyes ; swirled driftwood root base. Signed "Gilley" and dated '71 on underside of base. Appears to have been overmarked '72
	1545	Saw-whet Owl	Carving	Birds Carvings	Saw-whet Owl Identifier: 1545 Type: Carving Subject: Birds Carvings Creator: Gilley - Wendell Holmes Gilley (1904-1983) Description: Owl perched on U-shaped branch mounted on flat wooden base. "Gilly" faintly visible on base near bottom of branch. Inscribed "Saw Whet Owl made for Evelyn Foss" and stamped "Wendell H. Gilley" on underside of base. No date visible.
	1475	Sandpiper	Image, Photograph	Birds Carvings	Sandpiper Identifier: 1475 Type: Image, Photograph Subject: Birds Carvings Description: Carved sandpiper on driftwood placed on a sandy surface with painted backdrop. "Credit: Roche, Caldwell N.J." stamped on reverse.
20.01.061	1303	Ruffed Grouse	Carving, Miniature	Birds Carvings	Ruffed Grouse Accession #: 20.01.061 Identifier: 1303 Type: Carving, Miniature Subject: Birds Carvings Creator: Gilley - Wendell Holmes Gilley (1904-1983) Description: Signed "Gilley" in white on top left of base ; no date
	1519	Ruffed Grouse	Image, Photograph	Birds Carvings	Ruffed Grouse Identifier: 1519 Type: Image, Photograph Subject: Birds Carvings Creator: Rockefeller - Dori Selene Rockefeller Description: Black and white photograph labeled "Ruffed Grouse. 1981 carving by Wendell Gilley - collection of Dr. and Mrs. Leonard Gilley - photo by Dori Selene Rockefeller" on reverse
20.01.140	1531	Ruffed Grouse	Carving	Birds Carvings	Ruffed Grouse Accession #: 20.01.140 Identifier: 1531 Type: Carving Subject: Birds Carvings Creator: Gilley - Wendell Holmes Gilley (1904-1983) Date: 1950 Description: "Made for Len and Dianne with love" inscribed on underside of base
91.01.18	1381	Ruddy Duck, Male	Carving, Miniature	Birds Carvings	Ruddy Duck, Male Accession #: 91.01.18 Identifier: 1381 Type: Carving, Miniature Subject: Birds Carvings Creator: Crowell - A. Elmer Crowell (1862-1952) Description: Has black A.E. Crowell & Son label on underside of base
91.01.19	1380	Ruddy Duck, Female	Carving, Miniature	Birds Carvings	Ruddy Duck, Female Accession #: 91.01.19 Identifier: 1380 Type: Carving, Miniature Subject: Birds Carvings Creator: Crowell - A. Elmer Crowell (1862-1952) Description: Has black A.E. Crowell & Son label on underside of base
	1480	Rough Draft of Article by Fred Clark for The Mallet	Document, Manuscript	Carvings People	Rough Draft of Article by Fred Clark for The Mallet Identifier: 1480 Type: Document, Manuscript Subject: Carvings People Creator: Clark - Fred Clark Date: 1980 c Description: The published version of this draft appeared with the title "A Visit with Wendell Gilley, A Legend in the Carving World" in the National Carver's Museum publication, The Mallet. The author indicates that in Nov. 1979 Wendell told him about the planned building of the Wendell Gilley Museum.
89.3.16	1290	Rose-breasted Grosbeak	Carving, Life-size	Birds Carvings	Rose-breasted Grosbeak Accession #: 89.3.16 Identifier: 1290 Type: Carving, Life-size Subject: Birds Carvings Creator: Gilley - Wendell Holmes Gilley (1904-1983) Date: 1976 Description: Adult male, approximately life size, sitting on twig, head slightly cocked and turned left ; no visible legs, cut metal talons ; glass eyes. Signed in felt tip pen "by W. H. Gilley" and dated 1976 on underside of base; also faintly signed on top lower right of base
89.3.4	1501	Roadrunner	Carving, Miniature	Birds Carvings	Roadrunner Accession #: 89.3.4 Identifier: 1501 Type: Carving, Miniature Subject: Birds Carvings Creator: Gilley - Wendell Holmes Gilley (1904-1983) Description: Adult male roadrunner in a typical "striding" position, head outstretched with slightly dropped wings. Minimal carved detail, more developed painted detail. Glass eyes, wire legs, metal feet. Mounted on oval pine base, gouge-carved and painted. Marked on underside of base in ballpoint pen: "Road Runner"; signed "Gilley" on lower edge of top of base. No date
20.01.088	1333	Ring-necked Pheasant	Carving	Birds Carvings	Ring-necked Pheasant Accession #: 20.01.088 Identifier: 1333 Type: Carving Subject: Birds Carvings Creator: Gilley - Wendell Holmes Gilley (1904-1983) Description: Relief of bird in flight; hook for hanging; no signature or date
20.01.107	1357	Ring-necked pheasant	Carving	Birds Carvings	Ring-necked pheasant Accession #: 20.01.107 Identifier: 1357 Type: Carving Subject: Birds Carvings Creator: Gilley - Wendell Holmes Gilley (1904-1983) Date: 1954 Description: Signed "Gilley" on front right of driftwood base
21.01.03	1524	Ring-necked Pheasant	Carving, Miniature	Birds Carvings	Ring-necked Pheasant Accession #: 21.01.03 Identifier: 1524 Type: Carving, Miniature Subject: Birds Carvings Creator: Gilley - Wendell Holmes Gilley (1904-1983) Date: 1957 Description: Slightly larger than miniature; male ; signed and dated "Gilley '57" on front top corner of driftwood base
20.01.137	1471	Ring-necked Ducks, Pair	Carving, Pair	Birds Carvings	Ring-necked Ducks, Pair Accession #: 20.01.137 Identifier: 1471 Type: Carving, Pair Subject: Birds Carvings Creator: Gilley - Wendell Holmes Gilley (1904-1983) Description: Signed "Gilley" on right of carved wooden base. Underside of base marked "'Ring-neck Ducks' by Wendell Gilley, Southwest Harbor Maine ; Made especially for Dr. Claud F. Young". Not dated.
89.3.14	1467	Red-winged Blackbird	Carving, Almost Life-size	Birds Carvings	Red-winged Blackbird Accession #: 89.3.14 Identifier: 1467 Type: Carving, Almost Life-size Subject: Birds Carvings Creator: Gilley - Wendell Holmes Gilley (1904-1983) Date: 1977 Description: Adult male perched on branching twig on carved pine base ; wire legs and metal feet with talons grasping the branch ; glass eyes. Entire body covered with fine incised lines, deeper where suggesting primaries and tail feathers. Underside of base marked "Red-winged blackbird by W. H. Gilley 1977".
20.01.002	1234	Redhead drake	Carving, Miniature	Birds Carvings	Redhead drake Accession #: 20.01.002 Identifier: 1234 Type: Carving, Miniature Subject: Birds Carvings Creator: Gilley - Wendell Holmes Gilley (1904-1983) Description: Signed "by W.H. Gilley" on bottom of base. Undated.
91.01.13	1407	Redhead	Carving, Miniature	Birds Carvings	Redhead Accession #: 91.01.13 Identifier: 1407 Type: Carving, Miniature Subject: Birds Carvings Creator: Crowell - A. Elmer Crowell (1862-1952) Description: Has black A.E. Crowell & Son label on underside of base.
91.01.20	1399	Red-breasted Merganser, Male	Carving, Miniature	Birds Carvings	Red-breasted Merganser, Male Accession #: 91.01.20 Identifier: 1399 Type: Carving, Miniature Subject: Birds Carvings Creator: Crowell - A. Elmer Crowell (1862-1952) Description: Has black A.E. Crowell & Son label on underside of base. Label marked "Shelldrake"
91.01.21	1398	Red-breasted Merganser, Female	Carving, Miniature	Birds Carvings	Red-breasted Merganser, Female Accession #: 91.01.21 Identifier: 1398 Type: Carving, Miniature Subject: Birds Carvings Creator: Crowell - A. Elmer Crowell (1862-1952) Description: Has black A.E. Crowell & Son label on underside of base. Label marked "Fe. Shelldrake"
20.01.038	1279	Red Phalarope	Carving	Birds Carvings	Red Phalarope Accession #: 20.01.038 Identifier: 1279 Type: Carving Subject: Birds Carvings Creator: Gilley - Wendell Holmes Gilley (1904-1983) Description: Signed "Gilley" on carved oblong base; no date; marked on underside of base "female in breeding plumage"
20.01.049	1291	Red Legged Black Duck	Carving	Birds Carvings	Red Legged Black Duck Accession #: 20.01.049 Identifier: 1291 Type: Carving Subject: Birds Carvings Creator: Gilley - Wendell Holmes Gilley (1904-1983) Description: Signed "Gilley" on top right of base. "National Woodcarvers Association Member"stamped on underside of base. No date
20.01.128	1461	Red Knot	Carving	Birds Carvings	Red Knot Accession #: 20.01.128 Identifier: 1461 Type: Carving Subject: Birds Carvings Creator: Gilley - Wendell Holmes Gilley (1904-1983) Date: 1946 c Description: Underside of base marked "Knot by W. H. Gilley approx 1946."
22.03.04	1605	Quail	Carving	Birds Carvings	Quail Accession #: 22.03.04 Identifier: 1605 Type: Carving Subject: Birds Carvings Creator: Gilley - Wendell Holmes Gilley (1904-1983) Description: Quail standing on mound shaped wooden base, one leg lifted. Very faded signature on underside of base. No date visible.
	1487	Puffin relief on side of Wendell Gilley Museum building	Image, Photograph	Birds Carvings Object, Art	Puffin relief on side of Wendell Gilley Museum building Identifier: 1487 Type: Image, Photograph Subject: Birds Carvings Object, Art Creator: Farrin - Robin Farrin Date: 1997 Description: Panel carved by Gilley Museum Artist-in-Residence Steven Valleau ca 1995 ; one of a series marking the fifteenth anniversary of the museum.
	1416	Postcard showing Mallard Drake	Image, Photograph, Picture Postcard	Birds Carvings	Postcard showing Mallard Drake Identifier: 1416 Type: Image, Photograph, Picture Postcard Subject: Birds Carvings Description: Postcard depicting a carved mallard on a driftwood base signed "Gilley" ; "Mallard Drake bird carving by Wendell Gilley" printed on reverse side of card.
	1417	Postcard Showing Canada Goose Carving	Image, Photograph, Picture Postcard	Birds Carvings	Postcard Showing Canada Goose Carving Identifier: 1417 Type: Image, Photograph, Picture Postcard Subject: Birds Carvings Description: Postcard depicting a carved Canada goose which appears to be flying over a hedge ; "Canada Goose bird carving by Wendell Gilley" printed on reverse side of card.
20.01.015	1254	Polar Bear Diorama	Carving	Carvings	Polar Bear Diorama Accession #: 20.01.015 Identifier: 1254 Type: Carving Subject: Carvings Creator: Gilley - Wendell Holmes Gilley (1904-1983) Description: Stamped Wendell H. Gilley on underside. No date
20.01.067	1309	Pintail, Pair	Carving, Pair	Birds Carvings	Pintail, Pair Accession #: 20.01.067 Identifier: 1309 Type: Carving, Pair Subject: Birds Carvings Creator: Gilley - Wendell Holmes Gilley (1904-1983) Description: Signed "Gilley" in white on right front of oblong base ; marked "Pintail ducks by W.H. Gilley" on underside of base ; no date
20.01.079	1321	Pintail, Pair	Carving	Birds Carvings	Pintail, Pair Accession #: 20.01.079 Identifier: 1321 Type: Carving Subject: Birds Carvings Creator: Gilley - Wendell Holmes Gilley (1904-1983) Date: 1966 Description: Signed "Gilley" on left front side of driftwood base. Dated 1966
91.01.11	1378	Pintail, Female	Carving, Miniature	Birds Carvings	Pintail, Female Accession #: 91.01.11 Identifier: 1378 Type: Carving, Miniature Subject: Birds Carvings Creator: Crowell - A. Elmer Crowell (1862-1952) Description: Has black A.E. Crowell & Son label on underside of base
89.3.12	1233	Pintail Drake	Carving, 1/4 Life-size	Birds Carvings	Pintail Drake Accession #: 89.3.12 Identifier: 1233 Type: Carving, 1/4 Life-size Subject: Birds Carvings Creator: Gilley - Wendell Holmes Gilley (1904-1983) Date: 1961 Description: Adult male, body held horizontal and low with tail fanned and pin arched upward ; head fully outstretched, twisted upward and to the right ; wire legs and metal webbed feet ; glass eyes ; signed "Gilley '61" on right rear side of base
91.01.10	1383	Pintail	Carving, Miniature	Birds Carvings	Pintail Accession #: 91.01.10 Identifier: 1383 Type: Carving, Miniature Subject: Birds Carvings Creator: Crowell - A. Elmer Crowell (1862-1952) Description: Has black A.E. Crowell & Son label on underside of base
93.1.1	1285	Pine Grosbeak, Female	Carving, Life-size	Birds Carvings	Pine Grosbeak, Female Accession #: 93.1.1 Identifier: 1285 Type: Carving, Life-size Subject: Birds Carvings Creator: Gilley - Wendell Holmes Gilley (1904-1983) Date: 1982 Description: Signed "Gilley" on driftwood base below bird's left wing. Gilley's stamp on bottom of base
20.01.044	1286	Pileated Woodpecker	Carving	Birds Carvings	Pileated Woodpecker Accession #: 20.01.044 Identifier: 1286 Type: Carving Subject: Birds Carvings Creator: Gilley - Wendell Holmes Gilley (1904-1983) Description: Inscribed "Pileated Woodpecker by W. H. Gilley" on underside of base ; no date
	1425	Pileated Woodpecker	Image, Photograph	Birds Carvings	Pileated Woodpecker Identifier: 1425 Type: Image, Photograph Subject: Birds Carvings Creator: Gilley - Wendell Holmes Gilley (1904-1983) Date: 1969-09 Description: Photograph of a carving by Wendell Gilley of a pileated woodpecker perched on driftwood
	1515	Pileated Woodpecker	Image, Photograph	Birds Carvings	Pileated Woodpecker Identifier: 1515 Type: Image, Photograph Subject: Birds Carvings Creator: Rockefeller - Dori Selene Rockefeller Description: Black and white photograph with label: "Pileated woodpecker. 1970 carving by Wendell Gilley - Collection of Wendell Gilley Museum - photo by Dori Selene Rockefeller" on reverse
89.3.21	1281	Pileated Woodpecker	Carving, 1/3 Life-size	Birds Carvings	Pileated Woodpecker Accession #: 89.3.21 Identifier: 1281 Type: Carving, 1/3 Life-size Subject: Birds Carvings Creator: Gilley - Wendell Holmes Gilley (1904-1983) Description: Adult male in a naturalistic, though simplified pose, mounted on the larger prong of a smooth, two-pronged driftwood branch ; ovoid gouge-carved pine base ; glass eyes, wire legs and broadly-spread toes gripping driftwood "tree". Signed "Gilley" on back of driftwood mount near the base. No date
20.01.136	1470	Pileated Woodpecker	Carving, Almost Life-size	Birds Carvings	Pileated Woodpecker Accession #: 20.01.136 Identifier: 1470 Type: Carving, Almost Life-size Subject: Birds Carvings Creator: Gilley - Wendell Holmes Gilley (1904-1983) Date: 1971 Description: Underside of base marked "Made especially for Francis W. Rawle" and signed "by W.H. Gilley".
	1442	Photograph of Helen Lay Strong, Ed Gallenstein and Wendell Gilley at the National Woodcarvers Association Meeting, Herkimer, N.Y., May 1967.	Image, Photograph	Birds Carvings People	Photograph of Helen Lay Strong, Ed Gallenstein and Wendell Gilley at the National Woodcarvers Association Meeting, Herkimer, N.Y., May 1967. Identifier: 1442 Type: Image, Photograph Subject: Birds Carvings People Date: 1967-05 Description: Photograph accompanies letter from Donald M. Fenner to the Gilley Museum. Back of photograph marked: "Helen Lay Strong - died June 13, 1995, Ed Gallenstein - President National Woodcarvers Association, Wendell Gilley, NWCA Herkimer Meeting, May 1967".
	1441	Photograph of Donald M. Fenner and Wendell Gilley at the National Woodcarvers Association Meeting, Herkimer, N.Y., May 1967.	Image, Photograph	Birds Carvings People	Photograph of Donald M. Fenner and Wendell Gilley at the National Woodcarvers Association Meeting, Herkimer, N.Y., May 1967. Identifier: 1441 Type: Image, Photograph Subject: Birds Carvings People Date: 1967-05 Description: Photograph accompanies letter from Donald M. Fenner to the Gilley Museum. Back of photograph marked: "DMF, Wendell Gilley, NWCA Meeting Herkimer, N.Y. May 1967, examining carvings by Erwin Caldwell".
	1584	Patterns by Wendell Gilley	Image, Art, Drawing	Birds Carvings	Patterns by Wendell Gilley Identifier: 1584 Type: Image, Art, Drawing Subject: Birds Carvings Creator: Gilley - Wendell Holmes Gilley (1904-1983) Description: Loose-leaf binder containing photocopies of bird carving patterns drawn by Wendell Gilley. Index of patterns in front pocket of binder.
	1490	Owl relief on side of Wendell Gilley Museum building	Image, Photograph	Birds Carvings Object, Art	Owl relief on side of Wendell Gilley Museum building Identifier: 1490 Type: Image, Photograph Subject: Birds Carvings Object, Art Creator: Farrin - Robin Farrin Date: 1997 Description: Panel carved by Gilley Museum Artist-in-Residence Steven Valleau ca 1995 ; one of a series marking the fifteenth anniversary of the museum.
20.01.071	1313	Osprey with Flounder on Branch	Carving	Birds Carvings	Osprey with Flounder on Branch Accession #: 20.01.071 Identifier: 1313 Type: Carving Subject: Birds Carvings Creator: Gilley - Wendell Holmes Gilley (1904-1983) Description: Signed "Gilley" on right front of oblong base ; no date
	1486	Osprey relief on side of Wendell Gilley Museum building	Image, Photograph	Birds Carvings Object, Art	Osprey relief on side of Wendell Gilley Museum building Identifier: 1486 Type: Image, Photograph Subject: Birds Carvings Object, Art Creator: Farrin - Robin Farrin Date: 1997 Description: Panel carved by Gilley Museum Artist-in-Residence Steven Valleau ca 1995 ; one of a series marking the fifteenth anniversary of the museum.
	1477	Osprey	Image, Photograph	Birds Carvings	Osprey Identifier: 1477 Type: Image, Photograph Subject: Birds Carvings Description: Osprey with wings raised placed in setting of rocks and branches. "Credit: Roche, Caldwell N.J." stamped on reverse.
91.01.26	1408	Northern Shoveler	Carving, Miniature	Birds Carvings	Northern Shoveler Accession #: 91.01.26 Identifier: 1408 Type: Carving, Miniature Subject: Birds Carvings Creator: Crowell - A. Elmer Crowell (1862-1952) Description: Has black A.E. Crowell & Son label on underside of base. Label marked: "Shoveler"
89.3.10	1474	Northern Cardinal, Male	Carving, Almost Life-size	Birds Carvings	Northern Cardinal, Male Accession #: 89.3.10 Identifier: 1474 Type: Carving, Almost Life-size Subject: Birds Carvings Creator: Gilley - Wendell Holmes Gilley (1904-1983) Description: Adult male perched facing downward on driftwood branch attached to carved oblong base. Glass eyes ; wire and metal legs and feet. Oval pine base gouged and stained ; underside of base covered in felt. No visible signature or date
20.01.084	1326	Northern Cardinal	Carving, Life-size	Birds Carvings	Northern Cardinal Accession #: 20.01.084 Identifier: 1326 Type: Carving, Life-size Subject: Birds Carvings Creator: Gilley - Wendell Holmes Gilley (1904-1983) Description: Signed "Gilley" on front of driftwood branch ; no date
2012.01.01	1325	Northern Cardinal	Carving, Miniature	Birds Carvings	Northern Cardinal Accession #: 2012.01.01 Identifier: 1325 Type: Carving, Miniature Subject: Birds Carvings Creator: Gilley - Wendell Holmes Gilley (1904-1983) Description: Signed "Gilley" on underside of base ; no date
89.3.3	1283	Mourning Dove	Carving, 1/2 Life-size	Birds Carvings	Mourning Dove Accession #: 89.3.3 Identifier: 1283 Type: Carving, 1/2 Life-size Subject: Birds Carvings Creator: Gilley - Wendell Holmes Gilley (1904-1983) Date: 1948 c Description: Resting bird, head slightly tucked, bill downwards, tail swept up and wing tips cropped; minimal carved detail, incised wings ; glass eyes, metal legs and feet with talons clutching downward on driftwood burl base. Signed "Gilley" on top of base, lower left; no date on piece but approximately 1948.
	1436	Marbled Godwit	Image, Photograph	Birds Carvings	Marbled Godwit Identifier: 1436 Type: Image, Photograph Subject: Birds Carvings Description: Photograph of a marbled (?) godwit carved by Wendell H. Gilley. The carving appears to be part of a diorama. On reverse side in pencil: "George W. Pepper 3rd" . "Roche Photography, Caldwell N.J." stamp on reverse.
96.2.2	1510	Mallard Plaque	Carving	Birds Carvings	Mallard Plaque Accession #: 96.2.2 Identifier: 1510 Type: Carving Subject: Birds Carvings Creator: Gilley - Wendell Holmes Gilley (1904-1983) Description: Carving of a half-bodied mallard duck in flight superimposed on a painted scene of shoreline and water ; duck approximately seven inches long, six inches high ; both legs are broken off and missing ; traces of practice painting on reverse ; edges painted silver ; signed bottom right "Gilley"
20.01.053	1295	Mallard Pair	Carving, Pair	Birds Carvings	Mallard Pair Accession #: 20.01.053 Identifier: 1295 Type: Carving, Pair Subject: Birds Carvings Creator: Gilley - Wendell Holmes Gilley (1904-1983) Description: Signed "Gilley" on left side of base. Marked "Mallard's" on underside of base. Has artist's stamp on underside of base. No date
20.01.031	1272	Mallard Pair	Carving	Birds Carvings	Mallard Pair Accession #: 20.01.031 Identifier: 1272 Type: Carving Subject: Birds Carvings Creator: Gilley - Wendell Holmes Gilley (1904-1983) Description: Signed "Gilley" on left side of driftwood base; no date
91.01.14	1377	Mallard, Male	Carving, Miniature	Birds Carvings	Mallard, Male Accession #: 91.01.14 Identifier: 1377 Type: Carving, Miniature Subject: Birds Carvings Creator: Crowell - A. Elmer Crowell (1862-1952) Description: Has black A.E. Crowell & Son label on underside of base
20.01.082	1324	Mallard, Female	Carving	Birds Carvings	Mallard, Female Accession #: 20.01.082 Identifier: 1324 Type: Carving Subject: Birds Carvings Creator: Gilley - Wendell Holmes Gilley (1904-1983) Description: Signed "Gilley" on driftwood base ; underside of base marked "Joe Simmons"and "Dana Fife"
20.01.086	1331	Mallard, Female	Carving, Miniature	Birds Carvings	Mallard, Female Accession #: 20.01.086 Identifier: 1331 Type: Carving, Miniature Subject: Birds Carvings Creator: Gilley - Wendell Holmes Gilley (1904-1983) Description: Flat bottom, swimming. No signature or date. Appears to have once been attached to something
91.01.15	1376	Mallard, Female	Carving, Miniature	Birds Carvings	Mallard, Female Accession #: 91.01.15 Identifier: 1376 Type: Carving, Miniature Subject: Birds Carvings Creator: Crowell - A. Elmer Crowell (1862-1952) Description: Has black A.E. Crowell & Son label on underside of base
96.2.13	1235	Mallard Drake Box	Carving, Miniature	Birds Carvings	Mallard Drake Box Accession #: 96.2.13 Identifier: 1235 Type: Carving, Miniature Subject: Birds Carvings Creator: Gilley - Wendell Holmes Gilley (1904-1983) Date: 1950 Description: Six-board pine box, lap-joined and nailed, with clear acrylic finish ; rounded-edge lift cover, carved underneath to set in box cavity. Five-inch long mallard is screw-mounted lengthwise in the center of cover ; has two curled lead-strip tail-curls, glass eyes. Marked "Made for Hilda and Hulda Bragdon" on underside of box. Signed "Made by Wendell Gilley" and dated 1950 (in a circle).
20.01.051	1293	Mallard Drake	Carving	Birds Carvings	Mallard Drake Accession #: 20.01.051 Identifier: 1293 Type: Carving Subject: Birds Carvings Creator: Gilley - Wendell Holmes Gilley (1904-1983) Description: Marked "Joe Simmons" on underside of base ; no date
20.01.085	1327	Mallard Drake	Carving, Miniature	Birds Carvings	Mallard Drake Accession #: 20.01.085 Identifier: 1327 Type: Carving, Miniature Subject: Birds Carvings Creator: Gilley - Wendell Holmes Gilley (1904-1983) Description: Underside of base marked "Mallard"; "by W. H. Gilley" written on piece of tape affixed below "Mallard"
20.01.095	1340	Mallard Drake	Carving, Miniature	Birds Carvings	Mallard Drake Accession #: 20.01.095 Identifier: 1340 Type: Carving, Miniature Subject: Birds Carvings Creator: Gilley - Wendell Holmes Gilley (1904-1983) Description: Underside of base stamped "W.H. Gilley"
20.01.142	1535	Mallard Drake	Carving	Birds Carvings	Mallard Drake Accession #: 20.01.142 Identifier: 1535 Type: Carving Subject: Birds Carvings Creator: Gilley - Wendell Holmes Gilley (1904-1983) Date: 1940 c Description: Mallard male on long driftwood base ; underside of base inscribed "Wendell Gilley approx. 1940s"
	1538	Mallard Drake	Carving, Miniature	Birds Carvings	Mallard Drake Identifier: 1538 Type: Carving, Miniature Subject: Birds Carvings Creator: Gilley - Wendell Holmes Gilley (1904-1983) Description: Male mallard mounted on driftwood attached to smooth painted wooden base ; signed "Gilley" in light grey on front of base; no visible date
	1258	Mallard Drake	Carving	Birds Carvings	Mallard Drake Identifier: 1258 Type: Carving Subject: Birds Carvings Creator: Gilley - Wendell Holmes Gilley (1904-1983) O'Brien - Donal C. O'Brien, Jr. Date: 1970 Description: Marked "Model made by Donal C. O'Brien, Jr. Carved on a carving machine. Assembled + painted by Wendell Gilley." Has round label "1M" on bottom.
	1563	Making a Difference, What it Takes to Make a Duck	Publication, Periodical	Carvings People	Making a Difference, What it Takes to Make a Duck Identifier: 1563 Type: Publication, Periodical Subject: Carvings People Date: 1986-02 Description: Article from Audubon Adventures, volume 2, number 4 (February/March 1986). Matthew Beal and Stephen Brooks are interviewed about learning to carve at the Wendell Gilley Museum with museum artist Steven Valleau.
81.1.94	1101	Loon with Two Chicks	Carving, Multiple Birds, Decoy	Birds Carvings	Loon with Two Chicks Accession #: 81.1.94 Identifier: 1101 Type: Carving, Multiple Birds, Decoy Subject: Birds Carvings Creator: Gilley - Wendell Holmes Gilley (1904-1983) Date: 1973 Description: Approx. 1/4 life size; three part composition: one swimming, flat-bottomed adult, two swimming, flat-bottomed chicks; adult's head turned slightly to left, with glass eyes and painted detail; chick a's head is erect, chick b's head is down, both have burned detail. Adult marked, dated, signed "Loon, made for Addie Gilley by W.H. Gilley, 1973" on underside. Chicks unmarked.
91.01.22	1392	Long-tailed Duck, Male	Carving, Miniature	Birds Carvings	Long-tailed Duck, Male Accession #: 91.01.22 Identifier: 1392 Type: Carving, Miniature Subject: Birds Carvings Creator: Crowell - A. Elmer Crowell (1862-1952) Description: Has black A.E. Crowell & Son label on underside of base. Label marked "Oldsquaw"
81.1.85	1092	Long-tailed Duck, Female	Carving, Life-size	Birds Carvings	Long-tailed Duck, Female Accession #: 81.1.85 Identifier: 1092 Type: Carving, Life-size Subject: Birds Carvings Creator: Gilley - Wendell Holmes Gilley (1904-1983) Date: 1970 c. Description: Life size; swimming, flat bottom; glass eyes, primer coat of paint only. Unsigned. Companion piece no. 81.1.84.
20.01.119	1370	Long-tailed duck	Carving, Miniature	Birds Carvings	Long-tailed duck Accession #: 20.01.119 Identifier: 1370 Type: Carving, Miniature Subject: Birds Carvings Creator: Gilley - Wendell Holmes Gilley (1904-1983) Description: Marked "Old Squaw (cock) by W.H. Gilley" on underside of base ; no date
	1568	Long-billed Curlew	Image, Photograph	Birds Carvings	Long-billed Curlew Identifier: 1568 Type: Image, Photograph Subject: Birds Carvings Date: 1980-11 Description: Snapshot of curlew carved by Wendell Gilley placed on a coffee table. "Addie's Xmas present" written on reverse side of photograph
	1434	Lobby display, Bostitch Company, East Greenwich, Rhode Island, 1961	Image, Photograph	Birds Carvings	Lobby display, Bostitch Company, East Greenwich, Rhode Island, 1961 Identifier: 1434 Type: Image, Photograph Subject: Birds Carvings Date: 1961 Description: Photograph of a display in the lobby of Bostitch in East Greenwich, Rhode Island, including a pair of terns carved by Wendell Gilley.
94.1.1	1316	Little Blue Herons	Carving, Miniature	Birds Carvings	Little Blue Herons Accession #: 94.1.1 Identifier: 1316 Type: Carving, Miniature Subject: Birds Carvings Creator: Gilley - Wendell Holmes Gilley (1904-1983) Date: 1957 ? Description: Juvenile standing with wings raised on branch, adult standing on base ; signed "Gilley" on right rear corner of base ; no date
	1210	Letter to Wendell H. Gilley from Thomas C. Schuller	Document, Correspondence	Carvings	Letter to Wendell H. Gilley from Thomas C. Schuller Identifier: 1210 Type: Document, Correspondence Subject: Carvings Creator: Schuller - Thomas C. Date: 1970-02-01 Description: This letter asks Gilley to repair one of a pair of herons that was damaged in a move.
	1435	Letter to Wendell H. Gilley from Sherman L. Smith, November 9, 1961	Document, Correspondence	Birds Carvings	Letter to Wendell H. Gilley from Sherman L. Smith, November 9, 1961 Identifier: 1435 Type: Document, Correspondence Subject: Birds Carvings Creator: Smith - Sherman Lewis Smith (1895 - 1973) Date: 1961-11-09 Description: Letter accompanying a photograph of the Bostitch Company lobby where Wendell Gilley's carving of terns were on display
	1557	Letter to Wendell H. Gilley from J. Edgar Hoover	Document, Correspondence	Carvings People	Letter to Wendell H. Gilley from J. Edgar Hoover Identifier: 1557 Type: Document, Correspondence Subject: Carvings People Creator: Hoover - J. Edgar Hoover (1895-1972) Date: 1957-05-01 Description: Letter typed on FBI letterhead and signed by FBI Director J. Edgar Hoover in gold ink thanking Wendell Gilley for the gift of carved bobwhites sent on behalf of Frank S. Land.
	1558	Letter to Wendell H. Gilley from Goodwin J. Knight	Document, Correspondence	Carvings People	Letter to Wendell H. Gilley from Goodwin J. Knight Identifier: 1558 Type: Document, Correspondence Subject: Carvings People Creator: Knight - Goodwin Knight (1896-1970) Date: 1957-04-08 Description: Thank you letter from the Governor of California thanking Wendell Gilley for a carving of a quail, which he placed on his desk in the Governor's Mansion.
	1205	Letter to Wendell H. Gilley from Donal C. O'Brien, Jr.	Document, Correspondence	Carvings	Letter to Wendell H. Gilley from Donal C. O'Brien, Jr. Identifier: 1205 Type: Document, Correspondence Subject: Carvings Creator: O'Brien - Donal C. O'Brien, Jr. Date: 1971-04-29 Description: This letter acknowledges receipt of a letter and chisel from Gilley, and discusses various carvings including a spotted sandpiper on a mussel shell and two pairs of quail
	1207	Letter to Wendell H. Gilley from Donal C. O'Brien, Jr.	Document, Correspondence	Carvings Other, Literature	Letter to Wendell H. Gilley from Donal C. O'Brien, Jr. Identifier: 1207 Type: Document, Correspondence Subject: Carvings Other, Literature Creator: O'Brien - Donal C. O'Brien, Jr. Date: 1971-05-11 Description: Letter discusses sending text, artwork, and photos for the book, Art of Bird Carving, to Byron Cheever. Flying goose, bob-white and blue quail carvings are also mentioned.
	1212	Letter to Wendell H. Gilley from Donal C. O'Brien, Jr.	Document, Correspondence	Carvings People	Letter to Wendell H. Gilley from Donal C. O'Brien, Jr. Identifier: 1212 Type: Document, Correspondence Subject: Carvings People Creator: O'Brien - Donal C. O'Brien, Jr. Date: 1971-04-15 Description: Note from O'Brien included with a copy of a letter from Byron Cheever. O'Brien mentions having been asked by Peggy Rockefeller if Gilley would sell her a flock of geese.
	1218	Letter to Wendell H. Gilley from Donal C. O'Brien, Jr.	Document, Correspondence	Birds Carvings Object, Other Object, Decoys	Letter to Wendell H. Gilley from Donal C. O'Brien, Jr. Identifier: 1218 Type: Document, Correspondence Subject: Birds Carvings Object, Other Object, Decoys Creator: O'Brien - Donal C. O'Brien, Jr. Date: 1970-06-10 Description: Letter describing the making of 36 duck decoys.. O'brien also mentions picking up a finished woodcock from Gilley.
	1219	Letter to Wendell H. Gilley from Donal C. O'Brien, Jr.	Document, Correspondence	Birds Carvings Object, Other Object, Decoys	Letter to Wendell H. Gilley from Donal C. O'Brien, Jr. Identifier: 1219 Type: Document, Correspondence Subject: Birds Carvings Object, Other Object, Decoys Creator: O'Brien - Donal C. O'Brien, Jr. Date: 1971-08-05 Description: O'Brien acknowledges receipt of a spotted sandpiper carving from Gilley and discusses a handle Gillely designed for an X-Acto blade as well as decoy designs.
	1220	Letter to Wendell H. Gilley from Donal C. O'Brien, Jr.	Document, Correspondence	Birds Carvings	Letter to Wendell H. Gilley from Donal C. O'Brien, Jr. Identifier: 1220 Type: Document, Correspondence Subject: Birds Carvings Creator: O'Brien - Donal C. O'Brien, Jr. Date: 1970-05-25 Description: Thank you letter for a gift of a carved pair of ruffed grouse
	1559	Letter to Wendell H. Gilley from C. G. Wellington	Document, Correspondence	Carvings People	Letter to Wendell H. Gilley from C. G. Wellington Identifier: 1559 Type: Document, Correspondence Subject: Carvings People Creator: Wellington - C. G. (Clarence George) Wellington (1890-1960) Date: 1957-03-04 Description: Letter typed on Kansas City Star letterhead from Executive Editor Clarence G. Wellington thanking Wendell Gilley for carved birds sent on behalf of Frank S. Land.
	1211	Letter to Wendell H. Gilley from Byron Cheever	Document, Correspondence	Carvings Other, Literature People	Letter to Wendell H. Gilley from Byron Cheever Identifier: 1211 Type: Document, Correspondence Subject: Carvings Other, Literature People Creator: Cheever - Byron Cheever Date: 1971-05-23 Description: Cheever writes that he has received the materials for Gilley's book and that he read the new chapter on decoys and thought it was well done. He also talks about meeting carver Harold Haertel in Chicago at a meeting of decoy collectors.
	1410	Letter to Wendell Gilley Museum from John A. Silver, Sept. 9, 1986	Document, Correspondence	Carvings People	Letter to Wendell Gilley Museum from John A. Silver, Sept. 9, 1986 Identifier: 1410 Type: Document, Correspondence Subject: Carvings People Creator: Silver - John A. Silver Date: 1986-09-09 Description: Letter describes Mr. Silver's visit to Elmer Crowell's workshop where he purchased several miniature bird carvings, and his subsequent visit to Wendell Gilley's workshop. Enclosed are photographs of a greater yellowlegs and a duck carved by Crowell. Silver also describes Wendell Gilley's trip to Abercrombie and Fitch where he was inspired to start bird carving.
	1440	Letter to Wendell Gilley Museum from Donald M. Fenner, August 26, 2001	Document, Correspondence	Carvings	Letter to Wendell Gilley Museum from Donald M. Fenner, August 26, 2001 Identifier: 1440 Type: Document, Correspondence Subject: Carvings Creator: Fenner - Donald M. Fenner Date: 2001-08-26 Description: Describes Wendell Gilley's visit to Herkimer New York where in 1967 Fenner invited him to be guest speaker at the National Woodcarvers Association Woodcarving Show held there. This letter is accompanied by photos of Wendell Gillley at the show.
	1365	Letter to the Wendell Gilley Museum from Sonia Cohn, Apr. 4, 1983	Document, Correspondence	Carvings People	Letter to the Wendell Gilley Museum from Sonia Cohn, Apr. 4, 1983 Identifier: 1365 Type: Document, Correspondence Subject: Carvings People Creator: Cohn - Sonia Cohn. Date: 1983-04-04 Description: The letter writer is asking for more information on Wendell Gilley after watching a Boston television program profiling him. She also mentions owning a Gilley carving of a mallard pair.
	1556	Letter to Steven C. Rockefeller from Nina Z. Gormley, March 16, 1990	Document, Correspondence	Carvings Events, Exhibitions	Letter to Steven C. Rockefeller from Nina Z. Gormley, March 16, 1990 Identifier: 1556 Type: Document, Correspondence Subject: Carvings Events, Exhibitions Creator: Gormley - Nina Z. Gormley Date: 1990-03-16 Description: Letter regarding the possible exhibition of a Gilley piece in the Spirits and Nature Exhibition organized by Steven Rockefeller and held at Middlebury College. The piece was a carved and painted group of eiders made in 1970. Color slide transparency enclosed with letter
	1202	Letter to Raymond L. Stearns from Wendell Gilley	Document, Correspondence	Carvings People	Letter to Raymond L. Stearns from Wendell Gilley Identifier: 1202 Type: Document, Correspondence Subject: Carvings People Creator: Gilley - Wendell Holmes Gilley (1904-1983) Date: 1981-10-21 Description: Written on museum letterhead, this letter describes the opening of the Wendell Gilley Museum and mentions Wendell Gilley's donation of his carvings to the museum
	1203	Letter to Nina Gormley from Norman Ashley Willock	Document, Correspondence	Birds Carvings	Letter to Nina Gormley from Norman Ashley Willock Identifier: 1203 Type: Document, Correspondence Subject: Birds Carvings Creator: Willock - Norman Ashley Date: 1990-06-07 Description: Letter concerning the packing and shipping of a pintail duck carving commissioned from Wendell Gilley by Norman Willock and returned to the museum for repair.
	1353	Letter to Nina Gormley from Gertrude Bancroft	Document, Correspondence	Carvings Gardens	Letter to Nina Gormley from Gertrude Bancroft Identifier: 1353 Type: Document, Correspondence Subject: Carvings Gardens Creator: Bancroft - Gertrude Storey Bancroft (1923-2002) Date: 1989 Description: This letter is a reply to the Gilley Museum Director's request for a garden to be donated by the Garden Club of Mount Desert. It also mentions a carving of three gulls on a driftwood based that Mrs. Bancroft commissioned from Wendell Gilley.
	1481	Letter to Fred Clark from Nina Gormley, February 22, 1992	Document, Correspondence	Birds Carvings	Letter to Fred Clark from Nina Gormley, February 22, 1992 Identifier: 1481 Type: Document, Correspondence Subject: Birds Carvings Creator: Gormley - Nina Z. Gormley Date: 1992-02-22 Description: Letter thanking Fred Clark, President of Warren Tool Co., for promoting the Gilley Museum in its catalog. The letter also describes winter events at the museum as well as the museum's collection of taxidermy.
	1513	Letter from Wendell H. Gilley to Mr. and Mrs. Foster B. Whitlock, March 17, 1982	Document, Correspondence	Carvings	Letter from Wendell H. Gilley to Mr. and Mrs. Foster B. Whitlock, March 17, 1982 Identifier: 1513 Type: Document, Correspondence Subject: Carvings Creator: Gilley - Wendell Holmes Gilley (1904-1983) Date: 1982-03-17 Description: Letter mentions receiving a bird book from the Whitlocks. It also talks about working on carvings of an eagle with a fish and a ruffed grouse with spread tail and another taking off in flight. Enclosed with the letter are drawings of male and female swimming buffleheads.
	1512	Letter from Wendell H. Gilley to Mr. and Mrs. Foster B. Whitlock, February 19, 1982	Document, Correspondence	Carvings Organizations, Civic	Letter from Wendell H. Gilley to Mr. and Mrs. Foster B. Whitlock, February 19, 1982 Identifier: 1512 Type: Document, Correspondence Subject: Carvings Organizations, Civic Creator: Gilley - Wendell Holmes Gilley (1904-1983) Date: 1982-02-19 Description: Letter mentions meetings of the Mount Desert Island Bird Club and MDI Hospital Auxiliary being held at the Gilley Museum. Enclosed with the letter is a Polaroid photo of an unpainted eagle carving. Wendell also mentions working on two life-size grouse .
	1439	Letter from Wendell H. Gilley to Fred Clark, November 6, 1978	Document, Correspondence	Birds Carvings People	Letter from Wendell H. Gilley to Fred Clark, November 6, 1978 Identifier: 1439 Type: Document, Correspondence Subject: Birds Carvings People Creator: Gilley - Wendell Holmes Gilley (1904-1983) Date: 1978-11-06 Description: Letter to the President of Warren Tool Co., Fred Clark, containing Wendell Gilley's pencil illustrations of carving knives and blades
	1437	Letter from Wendell H. Gilley to Fred Clark, November 17, 1978	Document, Correspondence	Birds Carvings	Letter from Wendell H. Gilley to Fred Clark, November 17, 1978 Identifier: 1437 Type: Document, Correspondence Subject: Birds Carvings Creator: Gilley - Wendell Holmes Gilley (1904-1983) Date: 1978-11-17 Description: Letter to the President of Warren Tool Co., Fred Clark, concerning wood carving tools and ways of holding tools on a work bench. Also mentioned is a grouse carving loaned to Harry Meech, one of the founders of the National Carvers Museum.
	1438	Letter from Wendell H. Gilley to Fred Clark, December 2, 1979	Document, Correspondence	Carvings	Letter from Wendell H. Gilley to Fred Clark, December 2, 1979 Identifier: 1438 Type: Document, Correspondence Subject: Carvings Creator: Gilley - Wendell Holmes Gilley (1904-1983) Date: 1979-12-02 Description: Letter to the President of Warren Tool Co., Fred Clark, discussing carving knives and blades
	1354	Letter from Wendell H. Gilley to Donal C. O'Brien, Jr., May 9, 1980	Document, Correspondence	Carvings	Letter from Wendell H. Gilley to Donal C. O'Brien, Jr., May 9, 1980 Identifier: 1354 Type: Document, Correspondence Subject: Carvings Creator: Gilley - Wendell Holmes Gilley (1904-1983) Date: 1980-05-09 Description: Discusses carvings to be included in the museum collection.
	1511	Letter from Wendell H. Gilley to Capt. Benjamin H. Rigg, Oct. 26, 1964	Document, Correspondence	Carvings	Letter from Wendell H. Gilley to Capt. Benjamin H. Rigg, Oct. 26, 1964 Identifier: 1511 Type: Document, Correspondence Subject: Carvings Creator: Gilley - Wendell Holmes Gilley (1904-1983) Date: 1964-10-26 Description: Letter accompanied by a cardboard pattern of a spread tail grouse and a photograph of a belt grinder
	1445	Letter from Jack Ekstrom to Fred Clark, 1993	Document, Correspondence	Birds Carvings Other, Literature	Letter from Jack Ekstrom to Fred Clark, 1993 Identifier: 1445 Type: Document, Correspondence Subject: Birds Carvings Other, Literature Creator: Ekstrom - Jack Ekstrom Date: 1993 Description: Letter to the president of Warren Tool Co. from artist Ekstrom about an article and artwork of Wendell Gilley's chickadee for Popular Woodworking. Ekstrom describes how he had to carve the chickadee himself before he could finish the article.
	1552	Letter from Frank S. Land to Wendell H. Gilley.	Document, Correspondence	Carvings People	Letter from Frank S. Land to Wendell H. Gilley. Identifier: 1552 Type: Document, Correspondence Subject: Carvings People Creator: Land - Frank S. Land (1890-1959) Date: 1956 Description: Letter from the founder of the Order of Demolay, Frank S. Land, instructing Wendell Gilley to choose and send carvings to Harry S. Truman, Dr. Frank Stanton, president of CBS, Leon Leonidoff, producer of Radio City Music Hall shows, President Dwight D. Eisenhower, and White House aide Bernard Shanley. The cost of the five carvings was $250.
	1355	Letter from Donal C. O'Brien, Jr. to Belton Kleberg (B. K.) Johnson, May 6, 1971	Document, Correspondence	Birds Carvings	Letter from Donal C. O'Brien, Jr. to Belton Kleberg (B. K.) Johnson, May 6, 1971 Identifier: 1355 Type: Document, Correspondence Subject: Birds Carvings Creator: O'Brien - Donal C. O'Brien, Jr. Date: 1971-05-06 Description: Letter describes a carving of a blue quail and bobwhite purchased by Johnson
20.01.032	1273	Laughing Gull	Carving	Birds Carvings	Laughing Gull Accession #: 20.01.032 Identifier: 1273 Type: Carving Subject: Birds Carvings Creator: Gilley - Wendell Holmes Gilley (1904-1983) Date: 1959 Description: Signed "Gilley, '59" on driftwood base. Hook for hanging on back.
20.01.116	1367	King Eider	Carving, Miniature	Birds Carvings	King Eider Accession #: 20.01.116 Identifier: 1367 Type: Carving, Miniature Subject: Birds Carvings Creator: Gilley - Wendell Holmes Gilley (1904-1983) Description: Signed "by W.H. Gilley" on underside of base ; no date
	1532	King Eider	Carving	Birds Carvings	King Eider Identifier: 1532 Type: Carving Subject: Birds Carvings Creator: Gilley - Wendell Holmes Gilley (1904-1983) Date: 1981 Description: King Eider on post ; painted sheet metal feet ; "Gilley" signature and date engraved on bottom of bird ; bird detaches from post
20.01.030	1271	Jumping Fish Relief	Carving	Carvings	Jumping Fish Relief Accession #: 20.01.030 Identifier: 1271 Type: Carving Subject: Carvings Creator: Gilley - Wendell Holmes Gilley (1904-1983) Description: Carved and painted fish jumping out of water painted on board. Hook for hanging on top edge. Unsigned. No date.
2024.02.09	1643	How to make working decoys	Publication, Book	Birds Carvings Other, Literature	How to make working decoys Accession #: 2024.02.09 Identifier: 1643 Type: Publication, Book Subject: Birds Carvings Other, Literature Creator: Starr - George Ross Starr, Jr. Date: 1978 Description: Published: New York : Winchester Press. Page 69 is signed by Frank C. Wilson, a Massachusetts decoy carver who is featured in the book. Wilson's work was for sale in the Wendell Gilley Museum shop.
89.3.24	1464	House Wren	Carving, 3/4 Life-size	Birds Carvings	House Wren Accession #: 89.3.24 Identifier: 1464 Type: Carving, 3/4 Life-size Subject: Birds Carvings Creator: Gilley - Wendell Holmes Gilley (1904-1983) Date: 1978 Description: Adult bird balances on the front face of burl base with wire legs and toes with talons clutching downward ; deeply arched back with vertical tail and bill pointing almost to sky. Glass eyes. Signed "Gilley/'78" on top edge of base. Underside of base marked "House Wren 1978, #34" and stamped "Wendell H. Gilley".
91.01.35	1492	Hooded Merganser, Hen	Carving, Miniature	Birds Carvings	Hooded Merganser, Hen Accession #: 91.01.35 Identifier: 1492 Type: Carving, Miniature Subject: Birds Carvings Creator: Crowell - A. Elmer Crowell (1862-1952) Description: Has black A.E. Crowell & Son label on underside of base.
91.01.30	1403	Hooded Merganser, Drake	Carving, Miniature	Birds Carvings	Hooded Merganser, Drake Accession #: 91.01.30 Identifier: 1403 Type: Carving, Miniature Subject: Birds Carvings Creator: Crowell - A. Elmer Crowell (1862-1952) Description: Has black A.E. Crowell & Son label on underside of base.
89.3.1	1274	Herring Gulls	Carving, Multiple Birds, Miniatures	Birds Carvings	Herring Gulls Accession #: 89.3.1 Identifier: 1274 Type: Carving, Multiple Birds, Miniatures Subject: Birds Carvings Creator: Gilley - Wendell Holmes Gilley (1904-1983) Description: L-shaped driftwood branch serves as base for three gulls, positioned (left to right) taking off, raising wings, standing erect ; birds show totally different bill carvings, and the similar but minutely different paint indicates a transitional period (1940's?); unsigned
81.1.124	1129	Herring Gull with Fish	Carving, Decoy, 1/2 Life-size	Birds Carvings	Herring Gull with Fish Accession #: 81.1.124 Identifier: 1129 Type: Carving, Decoy, 1/2 Life-size Subject: Birds Carvings Creator: Gilley - Wendell Holmes Gilley (1904-1983) Date: 1946 Description: Approx. 1/2 life size; adult swimming, flat bottom, carved and painted fish in beak, head tilted left; glass eyes, carved and painted decorative detail. Signed "Gilley" and marked "Addie Gilley" on underside of base. Dated "1946"
20.01.042	1284	Herring Gull Pair	Carving, Pair, Miniature	Birds Carvings	Herring Gull Pair Accession #: 20.01.042 Identifier: 1284 Type: Carving, Pair, Miniature Subject: Birds Carvings Creator: Gilley - Wendell Holmes Gilley (1904-1983) Description: Signed on bottom of base: "by W. H. Gilley" ; no date
96.2.8	1364	Herring Gull, Pair	Carving, Pair, 1/4 Life-size	Birds Carvings	Herring Gull, Pair Accession #: 96.2.8 Identifier: 1364 Type: Carving, Pair, 1/4 Life-size Subject: Birds Carvings Creator: Gilley - Wendell Holmes Gilley (1904-1983) Date: 1972 Description: Two adult birds on a roughly "J" shaped driftwood base ; glass eyes ; cast lead legs and feet. Signed "Gilley" on right side of driftwood base below the sitting gull ; inscribed "Made for Hilda - Hulda Bragdon 1972" on underside of base.
89.3.2	1288	Herring Gull on Red Buoy	Carving, Miniature	Birds Carvings	Herring Gull on Red Buoy Accession #: 89.3.2 Identifier: 1288 Type: Carving, Miniature Subject: Birds Carvings Creator: Gilley - Wendell Holmes Gilley (1904-1983) Description: Gull in adult plumage, head erect and straight ahead, wing tips balanced high over tail, feet braced on a navigational buoy called a red nun. Glass eyes, wire legs and metal feet. Buoy painted with white Arabic numeral "4". Carved oval pine base, gouge-carved and painted to resemble sea water. No date visible.
20.01.098	1343	Herring Gull on Piling	Carving	Birds Carvings	Herring Gull on Piling Accession #: 20.01.098 Identifier: 1343 Type: Carving Subject: Birds Carvings Creator: Gilley - Wendell Holmes Gilley (1904-1983) Description: Gilley's stamp on underside of base, no date visible
	1421	Herring Gull on Buoy	Image, Photograph	Birds Carvings	Herring Gull on Buoy Identifier: 1421 Type: Image, Photograph Subject: Birds Carvings Creator: Ballard - Willis Humphreys Ballard (1906-1980) Description: Photograph of a herring gull carved by Wendell Gilley. The gull is perched on a buoy with the number 7 painted on it. Behind the gull is a painted scene of water and rocks. Stamped "W.H. Ballard, Photographer, S. W. Harbor, Me" on back.
89.4.1	1294	Herring Gull	Carving, Miniature	Birds Carvings	Herring Gull Accession #: 89.4.1 Identifier: 1294 Type: Carving, Miniature Subject: Birds Carvings Creator: Gilley - Wendell Holmes Gilley (1904-1983) Date: 1940 c Description: Herring gull in adult plumage, taking off from a smooth burl driftwood base ; carved with minimum of detail; outside wing edges notched to suggest feathers; painted eyes, bill, legs and feet. W.H.G. marked on underside of base ; no date on piece but probably from the 1940s
89.4.2	1334	Herring Gull	Carving, Miniature	Birds Carvings	Herring Gull Accession #: 89.4.2 Identifier: 1334 Type: Carving, Miniature Subject: Birds Carvings Creator: Gilley - Wendell Holmes Gilley (1904-1983) Date: 1937 Description: Herring gull in adult plumage, standing at ease on wire legs, feet painted onto the base. Signed "by W. H. Gilley" on underside of base
20.01.094	1339	Herring gull	Carving	Birds Carvings	Herring gull Accession #: 20.01.094 Identifier: 1339 Type: Carving Subject: Birds Carvings Creator: Gilley - Wendell Holmes Gilley (1904-1983) Description: Signed "by W.H. Gilley" on flat side of driftwood
20.01.101	1346	Herring Gull	Carving	Birds Carvings	Herring Gull Accession #: 20.01.101 Identifier: 1346 Type: Carving Subject: Birds Carvings Creator: Gilley - Wendell Holmes Gilley (1904-1983) Description: Signed "Gilley" on right side of base ; Gilley's stamp on underside of base ; no date
20.01.103	1348	Herring Gull	Carving	Birds Carvings	Herring Gull Accession #: 20.01.103 Identifier: 1348 Type: Carving Subject: Birds Carvings Creator: Gilley - Wendell Holmes Gilley (1904-1983) Description: Initials W.H.G. marked on underside of base ; no date
	1551	Herring Gull	Carving	Birds Carvings	Herring Gull Identifier: 1551 Type: Carving Subject: Birds Carvings Creator: Gilley - Wendell Holmes Gilley (1904-1983) Date: 1962 Description: Open winged gull with metal legs and feet mounted on driftwood branch ; signed "Gilley" in black on top of base beneath gull's beak and dated 1962.
	1566	Herring Gull	Carving, Life-size	Birds Carvings	Herring Gull Identifier: 1566 Type: Carving, Life-size Subject: Birds Carvings Creator: Gilley - Wendell Holmes Gilley (1904-1983) Description: Herring gull perched on wooden post. No date or signature visible. Stamp "W.H. Gilley" visible under white paint between legs. Bird detaches from base.
20.01.006	1245	Herring Gull	Carving	Birds Carvings	Herring Gull Accession #: 20.01.006 Identifier: 1245 Type: Carving Subject: Birds Carvings Creator: Gilley - Wendell Holmes Gilley (1904-1983) Description: Gull detaches from driftwood base. No date; unsigned
20.01.113	1363	Herring Gull	Carving	Birds Carvings	Herring Gull Accession #: 20.01.113 Identifier: 1363 Type: Carving Subject: Birds Carvings Creator: Gilley - Wendell Holmes Gilley (1904-1983) Date: 1978 Description: Underside of carved wooden base marked: "Herring Gull by W. H. Gilley 1978"
	1489	Heron relief on side of Wendell Gilley Museum building	Image, Photograph	Birds Carvings Object, Art	Heron relief on side of Wendell Gilley Museum building Identifier: 1489 Type: Image, Photograph Subject: Birds Carvings Object, Art Creator: Farrin - Robin Farrin Date: 1997 Description: Panel carved by Gilley Museum Artist-in-Residence Steven Valleau ca 1995 ; one of a series marking the fifteenth anniversary of the museum.
	1599	Heron Patterns	Image, Photograph	Birds Carvings Woodworking Pattern	Heron Patterns Identifier: 1599 Type: Image, Photograph Subject: Birds Carvings Woodworking Pattern Description: Various paper patterns drawn by Wendell Gilley for use in carving herons
89.3.7	1465	Hermit Thrush	Carving, Almost Life-size	Birds Carvings	Hermit Thrush Accession #: 89.3.7 Identifier: 1465 Type: Carving, Almost Life-size Subject: Birds Carvings Creator: Gilley - Wendell Holmes Gilley (1904-1983) Date: 1977 Description: Glass eyes ; wire and metal feet and legs ; feet are atop a "stump" of a small branch mounted in turn on a carved pine base. Underside of base marked "Hermit Thrush by Wendell Gilley 1977.

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