Old Painted Wooden Field Decoy (with Lots of Shot Marks) Native pottery and especially knowing that it

and especially knowing that it gave Williams a lot of joy to make it

and ready to hang filled with matches or whatever

was such a great failure that he moved to Washington

3 1/2 across at handle

travelled the country for a period as itinerant puppeteers

Old Painted Wooden Field Decoy (with Lots of Shot Marks) Native pottery and especially knowing that itA charmer of an old wooden field decoy I think, which was definitely put to workthere are shot marks all over one side. Im not an expert but think it might represent an American Oystercatcher with its bright yellow eyes and long beak, black head and white belly. All the better for the twist of old wire still attached to one side, which was threaded rather beautifully through three nailed loops. 14 1 2" long measured straight from tip of beak to tail;