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Hollow St. Clair Flats Canada Goose

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516. Incredible hollow hissing Canada goose ca. late 1800's from Southwestern Ontario, Canada. Obviously this specie was observed in the wild by this talented maker in the long low threatening attitude before his interpretation was conceived in wood. Attributed to the Reeves Family that made decoys for members of the "The Long Point Shooting Club". See pages 136 to 138 in "Traditions in Wood" by Fleming and Carpenter. See a similar example of a Canada goose carved in the upright pose made by John Reeves (1861- 1896) in the color plate on page 138. The graceful, swan-like head is seated on a long stretched out body which is hollowed to the thinness of an egg shell. Absolutely bone dry surface in fine original paint with ultra fine crazing and

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