Collection:
Juneau—Douglas City Museum
Object ID:
2006.08.009
Accession#:
2006.08
Credit Line:
Donated by Mary Ann Parke.
Object Name:
Decoy
Date:
1950s
Year Range from:
1950
Description:
Soft plastic decoy duck with hard plastic bottom. Dark brown body. Gray beak with black tip and yellow eyes. Red tube on back. Bar on bottom around which string is wrapped. At the end of the string is a metal weight.
Owned by Tom Parke or his father.
Weights prevented ducks from drifting off and all piling up on the beach. Beachedcombed.
Possibly a female teal.
Search Terms:
Hunting
Bird
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