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Decoys are carved or turned wooden copies of birds, fish, or animals. Native Americans used grasses as the first decoys to lure waterfowl into what seemed their nesting areas before capturing them. The decoy was placed in the water or propped on the shore to lure flying birds to the pond for hunters. Some decoys are handmade; some are commercial products. Today there is a group of artists making modern decoys for display, not for use in a pond.
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| Image | Category | Pattern or Item | Description | Year Priced |  | Decoys | Seagull | Wood, Carved, Painted, Wooden Base, 10 In., illustrated | 2009 |  | Decoys | Shorebird | Flatten Full-Bodied Figure, Wood Plinth, Early 1800s, 191/2 In., illustrated | 2009 | | | Decoys | Black Duck | Carved, Black, White, Gray, James Hammond, Nantucket, | 2009 | | | Decoys | Black Duck | Hollow Carved, Painted, Glass Eyes, Delaware River, 15 In. | 2009 | | | Decoys | Black Duck | Hollow Carved, Painted, Tack Eyes, Fluted Tail, Delaware River, 16 In. | 2009 | | | Decoys | Black Duck | Sleeping, Shang Wheeler, c.1935, 5 3/4 x 16 1/2 In. | 2009 | | | Decoys | Black Duck | Standard Grade, 7 x 16 In. | 2009 | | | Decoys | Black Duck | William Stout, Saginaw Bay, Painted, c.1940 | 2009 | | | Decoys | Black-Bellied Plover | Carved Wood, Painted, Black, White, Tan, New England, 10 1/4 In. | 2009 | | | Decoys | Bluebill | Carved, Painted, Inset Glass Eyes, Mid 20th Century, 7 1/4 x 13 In. | 2009 | | | Decoys | Bluebill | Mason Factory, Detroit, | 2009 | | | Decoys | Bluebill | Mason’s Premier Grade, 15 In. | 2009 | | | Decoys | Bluebill Drake | Glass Eyes, Painted, Black, Gray, 14 x 7 In. | 2009 | | | Decoys | Blue-Winged Teal | Glass Eyes, Illinois River School, Early 20th Century, 15 1/4 In. | 2009 | | | Decoys | Bufflehead | White Pine, Glass Eyes, Jim Van Brunt, c.1950, 9 x 5 In. Pair, | 2009 | | | Decoys | Canada Goose | Canvas, 32 In. | 2009 | | | Decoys | Canada Goose | Canvas, Wire, Mannie Haywood, North Carolina, 26 In. | 2009 | | | Decoys | Canada Goose | Carved, Painted, Glass Eyes, Joseph Lincoln, 20th Century, 11 x 24 In. | 2009 | | | Decoys | Canada Goose | Joseph Lincoln, Early 20th Century, 25 In. | 2009 | | | Decoys | Canada Goose | Wood Body, Canvas Open Wings, 37 In. | 2009 | | | Decoys | Canvasback | Applied Glass Eyes, Feather Decoration, Cast Iron Weights, 9 x 5 1/4 In. Pair | 2009 | | | Decoys | Canvasback | Masons, Stamped, Rocke, 17 In. | 2009 | | | Decoys | Canvasback | Painted Eyes, Chesapeake Bay, 15 1/4 In. | 2009 | | | Decoys | Canvasback | Tack Eyes, Painted, New York, 1880s, 14 1/2 In. | 2009 | | | Decoys | Common Loon | Black, White, B. Kearns, St. Louis, Mo., 15 3/4 In. | 2009 |
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