Ocracoke, North Carolina, circa 1910, carved and painted wood, iron spike ballast.

Length 17 in.

During the early years, Ben Fulcher sailed merchant ships for good money at the time. After returning to Ocracoke from his merchant shipping days, he became an excellent decoy carver, waterman, and hunting guide. Sometime around 1910, Bill Gaskill him to help guide the many waterfowl clients of the Beacon Island hunting operation. This is a very wonderful root head brant with a slight turned head and an old boat spike ballast, is a special decoy.

Old gunning paint, stable vertical age checks in back of the head.