Bidspirit auction | Painted Wood Fish Spearing Decoys

Painted Wood Fish Spearing Decoys - This collection features several -style hand-carved wooden ice fishing decoys displaying various folk art polychrome paint patterns. The assortment includes a large red decoy with black spots and red-painted metal fins, a green-bodied decoy with large protruding glass eyes and orange-tipped metal fins, an orange decoy featuring a dark grid pattern and metal fins, and a two-toned white and green decoy with a dotted pattern and red-painted mouth. The construction consists of carved wooden bodies with inset metal fins secured by nails or screws. Several examples feature glass eyes, while others have painted or tack eyes. Some decoys include metal eyelets for suspension. One mottled gold, red, and green decoy is displayed on a black metal stand with a metal treble hook attached to its underside. Smallest mottled decoy length: 4 inches Green decoy with white eyes length: 7.5 inches Red decoy with black spots length: 10.5 inches Green decoy with glass eyes length: 9.5 inches Orange grid pattern decoy length: 9 inches Spotted white and green decoy length: 5 inches Mounted mottled decoy length: approximately 6.5 inches (Measurements taken along the longest point of the body using the visible tape measure).