Alvin Harris (NC, 1904-1975), Important Beach Robin

Portsmouth Island, North Carolina, circa 1912, carved and painted wood, twisted copper wire legs.

Length 8.5 in. x 15 x 2

Former collection of Doily Fulcher.

This beach robin is from the important rig he carved as a youngster living on Portsmouth Island. It is very well carved and influenced by those made by his father Homer Harris. A rig mate is prominently published on page 95 of Shorebird Decoys of North Carolina by Kroghie Andresen and Philip Harvey.

Original paint, damage to tip and bottom of the bill.