Kitty Hawk, North Carolina, circa 1940s, carved and painted wood, incised CT brand.

Length 10.5 in.

Clay Tillet carved some very unique coot decoys from cypress. They were used as confidence decoys to lure in widgeon and pintails that would feed on the grass shoals of Caffey's Inlet and Kitty Hawk Bay. They were all well made and varied in form and head postures.

Original paint, tight crack in the back of the neck.