Delbert "Cigar" Daisey (1929-2017), Ruddy

Chincoteague, Virginia, circa 2000, carved and painted wood, glass eyes, signed in pen DELBERT "CIGAR" DAISEY / FEMALE RUDDY / HUNTING DECOY and branded CIGAR on bottom.

Length 9.5 in.

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 with no signs of use.

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