Atlantic, North Carolina, circa 1920, carved and painted wood, iron bill, published on page 85 of Shorebird Decoys of North Carolina by Kroghie Andresen and Philip Harvey..

Length 7.5 in.

From the Personal Collection of Mr. Kroghie Andresen, Charlotte, North Carolina

Former collection of Roy Willis, purchased in 1992. This particular decoy was one of several dozen that Roy obtained in 1983 in an old box filled with shorebird decoys from Marshall Morris, Irvin's grandson.

The Irvin Morris "clothespin snipe" as they were originally called in Henry Fleckenstein's book Southern Decoys of Virginia and the Carolinas, was one of the early shorebird decoys that Roy Willis introduced to the decoy collecting community. The form of these decoys immediately captured the fancy of Southern shorebird collectors. They are folksy due to the knob head but the overall form is very functional.

Original, age check right side, some old filler in the back of the head, oxidation to bill.