GODWIT HAND CARVED BIRD DECOY Polar bear Image size: 15" x 16"

Image size: 15" x 16"

Later he worked for several years in Southeast Alaska's logging industry during which time he earned a degree in Fine Art from Seattle Pacific University

Image size: 6" x 13 1/2"

Artist's narrative:

GODWIT HAND CARVED BIRD DECOY Polar bear Image size: 15" x 16"Alaskan folk artist David Personius of Two Rivers, Alaska, makes hand carved decorative bird decoys Measures approximately 13" tall, 12. 5" from tail to bill, and 4" deep According to Wikipedia, a godwit is a large, long billed, long legged and strongly migratory wading bird. Their long bills allow them to dig in the sand for worms and molluscs. They frequent tidal shorelines, breeding in northern climates in summer and migrating south in winter.