Upper Back Bay, Virginia, circa 1900, carved and painted wood.

Length 15 in.

From the Personal Collection of Chandler Sawyer, Maple, North Carolina

Carroll carved his decoys from cypress knees which he cut from Muddy Creek near his farm. Cypress wood lasted a long time and his thick, oversized, high heads survived years of use on the choppy waters.

Old gunning paint with moderate wear, wear to tip of the bill.