Duck figure made of fossil bone; flat-bottom duck, carved bone stained dark brown from being buried; crack on the left shoulder, surface abraded; two inlaid eyes (baleen?).
Donor:
Allen Maret
Collection place:
Kotzebue, Northwest Arctic Borough, Alaska
Verbatim coll. place:
Alaska; Kotzebue
Culture or time period:
Alaskan Eskimo
Collector:
Hanson
Collection date:
unknown
Object type:
archaeology
Object class:
Carvings (visual works)
Context of use:
This specimen actually resembles gamepiece from game know as "fox and geese.