MALLARD DECOY

Dateca. 1940

Artist/Maker Bert Graves (1887-1956)

MediumWood (white pine), polychromed; glass eye, lead keel weight.

Dimensions7" X 17 1/8" X 5 3/8"

Credit LineMuseum Purchase

Object number1975.702.4

DescriptionPainted wooden decoy of a mallard hen with separate head doweled into body; body consists of two separate pieces of wood joined horizontally just below tail. Lead keel weight attached to bottom. Original paint. Undercoat yellow-brown with overall dabs of dark brown over same, wings brown, yellow, and black.
ProvenanceMerle H. Glick - Pekin, IL