Fales Cape, Virginia, circa 1940s, painted canvas over wire construction, published on page 47 of Gunnin' Birds by Kroghie Andresen.

Length 27.5 in.

Former collection of Kroghie Andresen.

When Vernon Ewell got out of the Army in the 1940s, he made a stand of canvas geese and swans for his own use. These decoys had heavy canvas and straight upright heads which provided for an alert pose.

Old gunning paint, some craquelure to the body.