Upper Back Bay, Virginia, circa 1900, carved and painted wood.

Length 17.25 in.

Former collection of Kroghie Andresen.

Oscar carved his decoys from cypress knees which he cut from Muddy Creek near his farm. Cypress wood lasted a long time and his thick, oversized, high heads survived years of use on the choppy waters.

Old gunning paint, wear to top of the decoy.