DRAKE , EIDER, DECOY., WITH RARE MUSSEL IN HIS MOUTH. C. 1900 - 1920.

WAS MADE IN MAINE, SHOWING CLASSIC MORTICED CONSTRUCTION , WITH  THE INLET HEAD  INTO THE OVERSIZED, SOLID BODY,  WITH  FLAT BOTTOM. 

THE DECOY SHOWS IN-USE REPAINT, BEING HUNTED OVER WITH SOME GUN-SHOT, AND THE REMOVAL OF VARIOUS WEIGHTS ON BOTTOM.

UNKNOWN CARVER, BUT A GREAT SCULPTURE PIECE OF AMERICAN FOLK ART.