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Pacific Coast waterfowl decoys.
Curiously, the first collectors of American bird decoys early in the twentieth century failed to acquire examples from the Pacific Coast, which were among the most creative designs ever wrought. This omission can be traced to Joel Barber (1876-1952), one of the first American decoy collectors and the author of the first book on the subject--Wild Fowl Decoys, published in 1934. (1) Notwithstanding claims to the contrary, this book was squarely focused on the decoys of the eastern seaboard.
Barber was a New Yorker who had difficulty putting aside provincial favoritism. On the other hand, he had good cause to be swayed by the decoy-making tradition of the East ...
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