Hollow Black-Bellied Plover Decoy

Hollow Black-Bellied Plover
Massachusetts, c. 1880
12 in. long

A rare hollow plover decoy by an unknown and ingenious maker. A related solid-body model by this maker is pictured in Mackey's "American Decoys" with mechanical flapping wings.
Original paint with gunning wear, a replaced bill, and some rust coloration on right side.

Literature: William J. Mackey Jr., "American Bird Decoys," New York, NY, 1965, p. 72, related flapping decoy illustrated.
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