An avid hunter, A. Elmer Crowell began carving decoys about 1908 and by
1918 was carving miniature song and shorebirds. Crowell's
birds were known for his attention to detail in both the carving of
bills and tails and the painting of feathers. His working decoys
were of such quailty that he began to make carvings as purely
decorative decoys. His work is in
the collection of the Shelburne Museum.
In September 2007 two of Crowell's birds, a pin-tail drake a (showing 500 of 929 characters). |
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