Red Mouse (or Bat?), Fabulous Old Folk Art Ice Fishing Lure red bird Perfect for the friend who

Perfect for the friend who puts butter on everything

Clearly tons of love was put into this

as I can find no earlier reference to it

I love it for its emphatic materiality

or a fencing in a bunch of Erzgebirge farm animals

Red Mouse (or Bat?), Fabulous Old Folk Art Ice Fishing Lure red bird Perfect for the friend whoJust about my favorite old ice fishing decoy I've ever seen, and much better in hand, with quite an amazing patina in every regard; this one has lived quite a life. Meant to represent a mouse I presume, with a long twisted wire tail, but with those tin wings it could very well be taken for a flying red bat! With red painted tin ears too, and nails for eyes, with one old nail in front of one ear and two in front of the other (my favorite detail). Iron