Collection:
Juneau—Douglas City Museum
Object ID:
2006.08.008
Accession#:
2006.08
Credit Line:
Donated by Mary Ann Parke.
Object Name:
Decoy
Date:
1930s/1940s
Year Range from:
1930
Description:
Soft plastic decoy duck. Light brown body with dark brown highlights and blue wing tips. Red beak and black eyes. Many scuffs and scrapes where paint is warn away. Stamp on bottom that says "DURADUCK" the rest is illegible. On bottom there are three protrusions a string and a metal weight is attached to one.
Owned by Tom Parke or his father.
Could be easily packed, plump them with your hands plop on surface of water, pocket underneath made a "vacuum". Weights prevented ducks from drifting off and all piling up on the beach. Beachedcombed.
Owned by Tom Parke or his father.
Could be easily packed, plump them with your hands plop on surface of water, pocket underneath made a "vacuum". Weights prevented ducks from drifting off and all piling up on the beach. Beachedcombed.
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Duck Decoy
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