Early Core Sound Beach Robin

Carteret County, North Carolina, circa 1900, carved and painted wood, iron stake, professionally mounted on custom base.

Height 12.5 in.

Possibly the work of Homer Harris, father of Alvin Harris. It was carved and hunted as a shorebird ready to take flight.

Original paint with moderate gunning wear, tip of the bill blunted, a nail inserted to stabilize the bill.