Striking Old Folk Art Root Head Carved Wood Decoy heart The piece is by Vassilios

The piece is by Vassilios Giavis (b

It is sold unframed

I really love its fat-walled

) I believe this particular basket may have been made by Marjorie Abbey Battise

Striking Old Folk Art Root Head Carved Wood Decoy heart The piece is by VassiliosI don't much collect decoys, which represent a whole different world of expertise, but I found this such a striking and perfectly stark object that I could not resist it. I really love the long neck and dramatic angle of that root head terminating in white painted beak, and then the wonderful rich dark charcoal black of the carved body with rounded belly. On the underside is a metal plate which allows it to stay upright on the water (and it does