Old Make Do Ice Fishing Decoy vintage puzzle with the seal carved and

with the seal carved and polished to a very satisfying smoothness

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

and the bell of clarinet (right

which of course makes it feel all the more precious to me

maybe wrapped around metal

Old Make Do Ice Fishing Decoy vintage puzzle with the seal carved andI 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,