Mark Whipple (1888-1961), Ringneck

Bourg, Louisiana, circa 1940s, carved and painted wood.

Length 10.5 in. x 5.5 x 4

Mark and his son Max worked as a team making decoys. Mark taught all of his children and family members to make decoys. Whipple also deeply influenced a carver named Noble Rogers who also made "black jacks" in his style.

The head is a possible Whipple head on an older body, old gunning paint, tight and stable hairline in the neck.