Painted Wooden Folk Art Wood Duck in Excellent Palette fishing decoy It's definitely a rare one

It's definitely a rare one and I think wonderful from tip to toes

Smaller measures 10" t x 5 1/2" w x 6" d

though I assume it was created in the 70s or early 80s

one is a little narrower at about 2 1/2" across

clearly drawn by her skates many times over

Painted Wooden Folk Art Wood Duck in Excellent Palette fishing decoy It's definitely a rare oneNot an especially old one, but I couldnt resist it for the determined effort of its maker to fully honor the fantastic patterns of the wood duck in a most excellent palette. It is signed Paul E. Bickford of Southhampton NH on the underside of the base, indicating, I assume, that its maker was pretty pleased with their efforts, too. Theres a repaired and painted over split on the yellow of the legs; I might guess this was made in two pieces to begin