Very Primitive, Heavily Worked Working and Weighted Duck Decoy carved bone sculpture all of them quite old

all of them quite old I believe

There is a very small tear just to the surface on the top pair on the upper left rim of the glasses

Plenty of paint loss and wear around the edges

I love objects bearing words or phrases with the potential to resonate in all sorts of contexts

It is in very good condition and I have not attempted to polish it

Very Primitive, Heavily Worked Working and Weighted Duck Decoy carved bone sculpture all of them quite oldThe 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