A CARVED AND PAINTED HERRING GULL DECOY
A CARVED AND PAINTED HERRING GULL DECOY

MID-ATLANTIC STATES, 20TH CENTURY

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A CARVED AND PAINTED HERRING GULL DECOY
Mid-Atlantic States, 20th century
The carved white, gray, and black-painted body, glass eyes, with yellow-painted beak, and split-wing tail
13in. high, 24in. long

Lot Essay

For a similar example see decoy made by Harry V. Shoudes of Tuckertown, New Jersey, illustrated in Colio, American Decoys, 1972, p.75.