Golden Eye Male, Folk Art Working Decoy with Great Color, North Shore, MA art nouveau shelf I would just hang it

I would just hang it on the wall and appreciate its beauty

or perhaps a whole armature with platform

and there are a few small pieces of mother of pearl still inlaid as well—all adhered to a solid wood panel

smaller geometric cages at the other

but it certainly feels mid-century Scandanavian

Golden Eye Male, Folk Art Working Decoy with Great Color, North Shore, MA art nouveau shelf I would just hang itI know this working duck decoy, and its female Golden Eye mate, came from an estate in Newburyport, MA, where, or near where, they were made. I'm no decoy expert and not dedicated to becoming one; I get excited about them for their sculptural qualities, the more primitive the better, and for their surfaces, made better by the years and work they've done. The shape of the dark green painted head on this one, with white cheek, yellow glass eye (on one