Joshua Goodrich (NC), Coot

Churches Island, North Carolina, circa 1940s, carved and painted wood.

Length 11 in.

Joshua Goodrich made about 100 coot decoys which were patterned after Herters factory decoys. These coots are primitive but very collectible. He hunted these coots with a stand of Ned Burgess decoys.

Original paint; age check down the back.