2009.1.3
Description
- Media Type / Médias
- Image
- Item Type / Type d'élément
- Images, Electronic
- Description / Description
- - solid bodied wooden duck decoy painted with a grey head and feathers, green bill and a blue and white flash on the shoulder of the wings
- marks on the underside is the obliterated mark of David Simandle
- black duck decoy carved by David Simandle who was born and raised in Chatham and served in the Canadian military during Word War II. He began carving working decoys for local rigs. He later moved to Michigan where he worked as a prison guard. This duck is typical of his work, c. 1950s and is in very good original paint. His "True North" brand on the underside was intentionally obliterated by one of its owners but the outline is clearly visible. Simandle is considered one of the better carvers from the Chatham-Kent area. In later life, he started carving decorative decoys.
Chatham Kent Museum
Out in the Open exhibition
VS 033 - Date of Publication
- 2018
- Collection
- Chatham Kent Museum
- Copyright Statement / Déclaration de droit d'auteur
- Copyright status unknown. Responsibility for determining the copyright status and any use rests exclusively with the user.
- Location of Original / Emplacement de l'original
- Chatham Kent Museum
Out in the Open exhibition
VS 033 - Terms of Use / Conditions d'utilisation
- Copies are provided for research and private study only. Permission to use images in any other way including, but not limited to, publication, exhibition, film, video or TV broadcast, or on any CD or website, must be obtained in writing from an authorized representative of the Chatham-Kent Museum prior to use. This applies to low-resolution copies downloaded from this site at no cost and to high resolution copies.
- Contact / Contacter
- Chatham-Kent MuseumEmail:ckcccmuseum@chatham-kent.ca
Website:
Agency street/mail address:75 William Street North
Chatham, ON N7M 4L4
519-360-1998
