Stacy Howard (NC, 1885-1968), Brant

Ocracoke, North Carolina, circa 1915, carved and painted wood, incised CWG on bottom, published on page 43 of Decoy Magazine in the January/February 1989 issue.

Length 19.25 in.

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

Former collection of Richard Moeller.
Once in the hunting rig of Charlie Warren Garrish.
Exhibited in the Rice Museum, Georgetown. South Carolina in 1988.

Stacy Howard was the brother of Lawrence Howard. He was a sportsman guide for Captain Bill Gaskill. Howard's daughter Blanche recalls her father making decoys, "he chopped them out with a hatchet, and smoothed them with a wood rasp and broken glass."

Old gunning paint with light wear.