Very Primitive, Heavily Worked Working and Weighted Duck Decoy carved bone sculpture she's wider) so thought best

she's wider) so thought best to keep them together

which makes the surface almost tar-like

I've found a Joshua PerLee Shilling (1885-1947) from a long line of Perlees and Shllings in Tuscaraw Township in Stark

I understand that this particular steel-encased model of standing noisemaker was standard at police and fire stations in the late 19th and early 20th century

Very Primitive, Heavily Worked Working and Weighted Duck Decoy carved bone sculpture she's wider) so thought bestThe more battered the better for me when it comes to old decoys it's the one's that wear their work on their backs (literally) and that show all sorts of losses and or repairs that I find most appealing, both aesthetically and empathetically! This one is most definitely one of those, with holes and bent nails scattered across its carved, black painted body, and a head that seems perhaps to have been salvaged from another and crudely nailed on, making