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Another woody from LBC flea last week-paint job is Arp-core on this one.

~more by the same hand (scroll) here.

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Picked up at Renaissance.

In house decoys-slow your scroll here.

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Whittled bird found in the Northwoods WI- I'm drawn to pieces which use minimal descriptive information in the act of whittling to achieve the desired form...it could also be the measure of ones attention span or rudimentary skill~but this bird is singing O<.

In house relatives here...here and here.

R.W.S +

More Schaap's~Shore bird, confidence decoy, both carved pine circa 1970, again the economy/abbreviation of markings is so great on these guys....from LBC on Sunday.

more here, and here.

R.W.S

Hand carved and painted Loon decoy with fish by R.W Schaap, 1960's-70's from the bowl today...I love the painting system/ritual on this one.....In house relative (same hand) here.

*Thanks Ryan for the push on this one.

**Thanks Paul+Wendy for Loon identification (my wife says I'm a Goon for not catching that)

Decoy

Hand carved and painted shore bird decoy from the Rose Bowl this month, 1960's, a bunch I'm keeping my eye on by the one carver. In house relative here.