C. 1940s Folk Art Insect Ice Fishing Lure In Brilliant Polychrome (Appendage Losses) theatre costume She retired from making pottery

She retired from making pottery around 1980

with its terrific orange and dark blue banded Art Deco style decoration against green body

I think it would be great hung on the wall

with a little darkening around the edges and a couple of dark spots on the front

Price is per card

C. 1940s Folk Art Insect Ice Fishing Lure In Brilliant Polychrome (Appendage Losses) theatre costume She retired from making potteryThe color and decoration on this one is just fantastic every bit as brilliant in hand, and even better and what wonderful tiered carving of that abdomen! This is a folk art ice fishing decoy lure, c. 1930s 50s I believe, perhaps representing a giant blue and green fly (those eyes!) or wasp??? It took me a bit to notice, but I think there were likely once wings extending from slits in the sides of the thorax, and one wire leg and one antennae were also