Old Make Do Ice Fishing Decoy vintage puzzle Oil on hand-cut academy board

Oil on hand-cut academy board

One of a kind most certainly

maybe wrapped around metal

The person I purchased these from in Maine thought they were for walking on ice

adding the note below: "excuse error entirely due to direction of thoughts

Old Make Do Ice Fishing Decoy vintage puzzle Oil on hand-cut academy boardI love an old folk art ice fishing decoy and even better a decidedly make do one and this one especially for distilling down to its essence what an ice fishing decoy wants to be. Two pieces of cut tin for the front fins, one more for the tail, with just enough painted color to impart it with the powers of seduction! Plus a lead weight on the underside to allow it to sink. I believe the body was a post of some kind, whittled to taper at the tail end,