https://collection.folkartmuseum.org/internal/media/dispatcher/25168/fullBlack-bellied Plover1900–1945[com.gallerysystems.emuseum.core.entities.RecordXPerson@11949]com.gallerysystems.emuseum.core.entities.RecordXPerson@11949Paint on wood with replaced billLong 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.com.gallerysystems.emuseum.core.entities.Classification@41fhttps://collection.folkartmuseum.org/objects/622/rdf