SOLD Elegant Old Hand-carved Wooden Ice Fishing Decoy mexican folk art shoe which would have been used

which would have been used in a general store to scoop or sort nails

and only one

The colors and forms remind me so much of Oskar Schlemmer's fantastic costumes for Berlin's Triadic Ballet in the 20s (one pic included in photos)

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SOLD Elegant Old Hand-carved Wooden Ice Fishing Decoy mexican folk art shoe which would have been usedI was thrilled to find a box filled with several old folk art ice fishing decoys yesterday in Maine, all made by the same person I believe. I am not an expert on these (or fish, so I'm no good identifying the type represented), but my eye tells me these are really wonderful examples. The rest were exuberantly, colorfully painted, but on this one the wood of the body is unpainted except for the eyes, a very subtle smattering of red dots around the