{"object":[{"sourceId":{"label":"Source ID","value":"622"},"creditline":{"label":"Credit Line","value":"Bequest of Eleanor P. Staples in memory of her husband, Philip C. Staples, Jr."},"endDate":{"label":"End Date","value":"1945"},"sortNumber":{"label":"Sort Number","value":"1988    18   10"},"invno":{"label":"Accession number","value":"1988.18.10"},"description":{"label":"Description","value":"Long Island, from the Great South Bay to Montauk Point, was an early site of systematic commercial hunting for wildfowl and shorebirds and was supplying the New York markets by the 1840s. The area was famous for its abundance of migratory birds and especially for its shorebirds, which became Long Island's dominant decoy form. Among the region's most exceptional shorebird carvers were members of the large Verity family, which worked in Verity Town (now Seaford). A number of characteristics identify Seaford decoys, including carved eyes and S-shaped wing patterns joining in a V at the tail. A more recent discovery is the rig made by Harald Thengs (1893-1974), a Norwegian immigrant. This example is one of seven that feature a surface treatment of crushed cork and the only flat-bottomed decoy in the rig."},"geographyCountry":{"value":"United States"},"medium":{"label":"Medium","value":"Paint on wood with replaced bill"},"onview":{"label":"On View","value":"0"},"geographyPlaceregion":{"label":"Place/Region","value":""},"media":{"label":"Media","value":[{"mediaURL":"https://collection.folkartmuseum.org/internal/media/dispatcher/25168/full","mediaDepartment":"Object Photographs","mediaType":"Image","mediaId":"25168"},{"mediaURL":"https://collection.folkartmuseum.org/internal/media/dispatcher/25169/full","mediaDepartment":"Object Photographs","mediaType":"Image","mediaId":"25169"}]},"title":{"label":"Title","value":"Black-bellied Plover"},"people":{"label":"Artist / Maker","value":{"displayOrder":"1","personRole":"Artist","personID":"2858","content":"Captain Al Ketchum"}},"geographyCity":{"value":""},"classifications":{"label":"Classification(s)","value":"Tools and Equipment"},"textEntries":{"label":"Text Entries","value":["SCULPTURE","DECOY","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.org"]},"beginDate":{"label":"Begin Date","value":"1900"},"textEntriesWebsitedisplaytext":{"value":["SCULPTURE","DECOY","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.org"]},"collections":{"label":"Collections","value":["Three Dimensional Works","Wildfowl Decoys"]},"geography":{"label":"Geography","value":""},"displayDate":{"label":"Date","value":"1900\u20131945"},"id":{"label":"Id","value":"152649"},"geographyState":{"value":"New York"},"dimensions":{"label":"Dimensions","value":"5 1/4 × 11 1/4 × 2 1/2\""}}]}