Chincoteague, Virginia, circa 1988, carved and painted wood, both signed in pen CARVED BY CIGAR 1988 / REPRODUCTION OF MILES HANCOCK and ink stamped DECOY COLLECTION DOILY E FULCHER, tack eyes, cotton rope with lead anchor weights.

Length 16 in.

From the Collection of Doily Fulcher, King George, Virginia

Cigar was given his nickname by a game warden when he lost some cigars while stealing ducks from the warden's trap. Cigar Daisey and his stories are of folk legend. His life and decoys have been memorialized in a book by Doily Fulcher.

Original paint, never hunted.