Kill Devil Hills, North Carolina, circa 1930s, painted canvas over wire construction.

Length 32 in.

When Marvin Midgett was stationed at Kill Devil Hills Life Saving Station, he worked with friends a fellow carvers Manie Haywood, Willie Lewark, and Avery Tillet to make some of the most important canvas decoys ever made. Marvin`s canvas decoys had two piece heads while Manie and Avery made one piece heads. This swan is an early example and won Blue Ribbon for best canvas decoy at the last Virginia Beach Decoy Show.

Original paint, tight vertical neck crack.