About FishDecoy.com

The collection represented at this site and in the recently published "American Fish Decoys" by Steven Michaan formed the basis for the first-ever major museum show on fish decoys,
"Beneath the Ice: The Art of the Spearfishing Decoy"
which opened at the Museum of American Folk Art in New York in 1989 and toured eight other museums during it's two year run.

Yock Meldrum / Walleye Decoy
Carved painted wood with attached metal fins and painted eyes
Length 10.5", Circa 1935

We think our decoys are unique and significant art objects, and the experts agree:

"......Fish decoys are the earliest form of American folk art drawn from a utilitarian
tradition and consequently are very important in the history of the field.
They also represent especially appealing works of folk sculpture.

The Museum recognizes that the fish decoys comprising the exhibition
" Beneath the Ice: The Art of the Spearfishing Decoy"
are the most celebrated and documented collection of its kind,
having toured nationally for two years. It was one
of the most popular presentations in the history of the Museum. "

Grandpa Defer / Fish Decoy
Carved painted wood with attached metal fins and painted eyes
Length 10.5", Circa 1900

At Fish Decoy.com, we seek out and find the very best fish decoys and bring them to you.
Our mission is to present the very finest images of the very best decoys ever carved,
great pictures of American classics: the decoys and the artists who created them,
in the process whittling out their own special niche in history.

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