Bertrand "Buck" Eason (VA, 1927-2019), Redhead

Knotts Island, Virginia, circa 1940s, carved and painted wood.

Length 14 in.

In the late 1940s, Buck Eason made about 125 decoys for his own hunting rig. They consisted of widgeon, dippers, canvasbacks, redheads, and ruddies. This nice redhead with full length keel is from that rig.

Original paint worn to bare wood in places.