Stacy Howard (NC, 1885-1968), Roothead Goose

Ocracoke, North Carolina, circa 1910, carved and painted wood.

Length 20 in.

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

Purchased from Lewis Bowles on October 6, 1998.

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, roughness to the back towards the tail.