Collection:
Juneau—Douglas City Museum
Object ID:
2006.08.006
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 with blue wing tips and green head. Yellowish beak and black eyes. Some scuffs and scrapes where paint is worn away. Stamp on bottom that says "DURADUCK" the rest is illegable. On bottom there are three protrusions a string and a metal weight is attached to one.
Notes:
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.
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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