Hand-carved Hunted Over Old Black Duck Working Decoy hen and eggs This basket definitely has some

This basket definitely has some years on it

Pretty amazing I think

in a manner both direct and wonderfully poetic

I really love its fat-walled

and a baseball player whirligig by well known South Dakota based contemporary folk artist Kent Gutzmer

Hand-carved Hunted Over Old Black Duck Working Decoy hen and eggs This basket definitely has someWell, I'm still most definitely not going to become a decoy expert, but I do find myself gravitating to them more and more! For me, it is all about the combination of form and surface, and the ones I am drawn to are old hand carved solid wood working decoys with great lines and minimal decoration. This one, earlyish 20th century I believe, and solid black but for a blue gray bill and two light gray stripes on the beautifully shaped back, satisfies my