Sandpiper18904 × 6 7/8 × 2"Paint on wood with metal and glass eyesGift of Alastair B. Martin1969.1.900decoy1535151931John GloverTools and EquipmentThe American Folk Art Museum believes this work to be in the public domain.DuxburyDuxburyUnited StatesMassachusettsTreasures of Folk Art: Museum of American Folk ArtThree Dimensional WorksWildfowl DecoysDuxbury
Object information is a work in progress and may be updated with new research. Records are reviewed and revised, and the American Folk Art Museum welcomes additional information.
To help improve this record, please email photoservices@folkartmuseum.orgSandpipers are so small (only six to eight inches in size), that it is remarkable that they were hunted. However, their unwary nature and willingness to return to a hunter's decoys made them the easiest of targets. Still, most hunters preferred the more marketable wild birds.
Elizabeth V. Warren and Stacy C. Hollander, "Decoy: Sandpiper," Expressions of a New Spirit: Highlights from the Permanent Collection of the Museum of American Folk Art (New York: American Folk Art Museum, 1989), 117Same carver made shorebirds with removeable dove-tailed heads. Never before identified. Shelburne has four dowitchers by him.18901890 1969 1 90
Object information is a work in progress and may be updated with new research. Records are reviewed and revised, and the American Folk Art Museum welcomes additional information.
To help improve this record, please email photoservices@folkartmuseum.orgSandpipers are so small (only six to eight inches in size), that it is remarkable that they were hunted. However, their unwary nature and willingness to return to a hunter's decoys made them the easiest of targets. Still, most hunters preferred the more marketable wild birds.
Elizabeth V. Warren and Stacy C. Hollander, "Decoy: Sandpiper," Expressions of a New Spirit: Highlights from the Permanent Collection of the Museum of American Folk Art (New York: American Folk Art Museum, 1989), 117Same carver made shorebirds with removeable dove-tailed heads. Never before identified. Shelburne has four dowitchers by him.