Vernon Creekmore (NC, 1920-2003), Canvasback

Tulls Creek, North Carolina, circa 1940s, carved and painted wood.

Length 16 in.

Vernon Creekmore worked for the Launch Landing Club in the 1930s. He made his first rig of decoys in the 1940s. He shaped the bodies with a hatchet and wood rasp, very few exist today.

Original paint, multiple age checks.