Stacy, North Carolina, circa 1920s, carved and painted wood.

Length 15.5 in.

John T. Mason spent most of his life in the menhaden industry. His first decoys, made in the 1920s, were redheads and bluebills. He later moved to Morehead and hunted Newport River and the shoreline of Bogue Banks.

Original paint with craquelure to the surface, tight age check on tail.