Chincoteague, Virginia, circa 2000, carved and painted wood, glass eyes, carved wing details, branded CIGAR on bottom with additional DELBERT "CIGAR" DAISEY / FEMALE BLACK in pen.

Length 17.5 in.

From an Eastern Shore, Virginia Collector

Cigar was given his nickname by a game warden when he lost some cigars while stealing ducks from the warden's trap. Daisey and his stories are of folk legend. His life and decoys have been memorialized in a book by Doily Fulcher.

Original paint with no signs of use.