Hatteras and Atlantic, North Carolina, circa 1940, carved and painted wood, original wood stake tied to metal decoy stand.

Length 8.5 in.

Roscoe Willis was born and raised in Hatteras Village and moved to Carteret County in the 1950s. This decoy is a rigmate to the famous JoKo collection collage featured on page 120-121 of Mattamuskeet and Ocracoke Waterfowl Heritage by Jack Dudley and on page 135 of Shorebird Decoys of North Carolina by Kroghie Andresen and Philip Harvey.

Original paint with light gunning wear.