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Accession # Identifier Title Type Subject
  • 81.1.170
1164Bald Eagle
  • Carving, Life-size
  • Birds
Bald Eagle
Accession #:
  • 81.1.170
Identifier:
  • 1164   
Type:
  • Carving, Life-size
Subject:
  • Birds
Creator:
  • Gilley - Wendell Holmes Gilley (1904-1983)
Date:
  • 1976
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Description:
Life size; adult on driftwood piece attached to oblong carved wooden base, head turned slightly left, wings upraised, beak slightly open; glass eyes, metal toe nails, carved, burned and painted detail. Signed "Gilley '76" on base. Marked "Bald Eagle by Wendell Gilley, SW Harbor, ME, 1976" on underside of base. Commissioned by David Rockefeller as a gift for his brother Nelson Rockefeller to commemorate his term as Vice President. The carving resided in the White House for a period. [show more]
  • 81.1.168
1162Great Horned Owl
  • Carving, Life-size
  • Birds
Great Horned Owl
Accession #:
  • 81.1.168
Identifier:
  • 1162   
Type:
  • Carving, Life-size
Subject:
  • Birds
Creator:
  • Gilley - Wendell Holmes Gilley (1904-1983)
Date:
  • 1977
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Description:
Life size; adult on driftwood piece attached to oblong carved wooden base; head turned to left, wings upraised, tail spread, talons clutching driftwood; glass eyes, metal toenails, carved, burned and painted detail. Signed "Gilley 1977" on base.
  • 2022.02.01
1601Waterfowl of North America
  • Publication, Book
  • Birds
Waterfowl of North America
Accession #:
  • 2022.02.01
Identifier:
  • 1601   
Type:
  • Publication, Book
Subject:
  • Birds
Creator:
  • Zimmerman - William Zimmerman
Date:
  • 1974
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Description:
Number 102 of 1000 book edition. Contains 42 plates. Published by Frame House Printing. Also included with this book dontion are seven holiday cards created by Zimmerman and sent by him to the donor's parents.
  • 81.1.166
1160Wild Turkey
  • Carving, Life-size
  • Birds
Wild Turkey
Accession #:
  • 81.1.166
Identifier:
  • 1160   
Type:
  • Carving, Life-size
Subject:
  • Birds
Creator:
  • Gilley - Wendell Holmes Gilley (1904-1983)
Date:
  • 1972
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Description:
Life size; adult on burl base, standing on right leg, left leg raised, slips into and out of base on bolt ; glass eyes, metal feet, carved, burned and painted detail. Signed on belly, Wild Turkey by Wendell Gilley, 1972. Marked "by W.H. Gilley, made for Addie Gilley, 1972" on side of base.
  • 95.1.1
1504Yellow-shafted Flicker
  • Carving, Life-size
  • Carvings
  • Birds
Yellow-shafted Flicker
Accession #:
  • 95.1.1
Identifier:
  • 1504   
Type:
  • Carving, Life-size
Subject:
  • Carvings
  • Birds
Creator:
  • Gilley - Wendell Holmes Gilley (1904-1983)
Date:
  • 1969
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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]