Dave "Umbrella" Watson (VA, 1851-1938), Goose

Chincoteague, Virginia, circa 1920, carved and painted wood, glass eyes, a rigmate is published on page 78 of Southern Decoys of Virginia and the Carolinas by Henry Fleckenstein, Jr.

Length 24 in.

Head turn to the right, wood pegs hold the balsa together.

Original paint, neck crack, roughness to tail.