Church's Island, North Carolina, circa 1930s, painted canvas-over-wire body, wooden head, neck, and bottom board, dowelled bill, canvas folded and tacked to wooden elements with visible tack heads, bent nail and ring for rigging, 11-1/4 x 22 x 10 in.
Provenance: From the Folklife Collection of Southern Pottery Scholar, Author and Professor of English at Georgia State University, Dr. John Burrison, Atlanta, Georgia
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From the Folklife Collection of Southern Pottery Scholar, Author and Professor of English at Georgia State University, Dr. John Burrison, Atlanta, Georgia
likely repainted, paint with crazing, some rust bleed at tack heads, separation at bill as made, bill slightly loose, losses to paint at head and neck, wear at tip of bill, canvas with dents and shot strike, wear at wire frame joints, puncture at left shoulder with tape residue, wear at edges of wooden base, paint splatter on base
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