c. 1920s-30s Carved and Painted Folk Art Bird on Scalloped Base curiousity I only just learned that

I only just learned that fans shaped like this are called cockade fans

with bat wing-like points to the heart on the exterior

with those juicy little tails at the ends of the S and C

But also a lovely thing just to set somewhere

c. 1920s-30s Carved and Painted Folk Art Bird on Scalloped Base curiousity I only just learned thatI found this little carved and painted bird in upstate New York not far from Albany, and it seems to me likely the creation of a folk carver in a cabin somewhere in the Adirondacks in the 1920s or 30s or so. I take the bird with gray body and black band around its neck as duck, either taking off or just landed, with wings outspread and neck extended. Lovingly carved, with nicely tapering wings and tail, and attached by nailed legs to the cream painted