Stark Black Working Decoy with Marvelously Hooked Old Beak Repair Marlis Schratter vase This one is Polygonatum Giganteum

This one is Polygonatum Giganteum

and which is carved (incised) with a very naive flower on stem

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Stark Black Working Decoy with Marvelously Hooked Old Beak Repair Marlis Schratter vase This one is Polygonatum GiganteumThis might not be the decoy for the decoy connoisseur, but for the lover of highly evocative, very singular sculptural objects, I think it is a most fantastic thing! It is very clear, especially from the top of the head, that this working decoy was shot over quite a bit, and I assume its original beak took the worst of the hits. Someone appears to have valued it enough to carve, paint, and attach a new one, transforming its profile and character