3 assorted "attic" items

[RJo]

These items were being stored, unlabelled, in the attic of a house in Sussex County, NJ. I have reason to believe that the man who discovered them worked in the Phelps Dodge copper mines in AZ, probably in Bisbee, and retired to northwestern NY near the PA line.

The wooden item appears to be a game call of some sort. There is an asymetric "W" (or "M") hand carved into one side of it.

The broken arrowhead looks like nothing I've seen from the northern NJ Lenape. It was gnapped from gray flint.

The bird's head (?) also looks a bit foreign. It was drilled and polished from a softer yellow sedimentary stone. The back of the eyes are symetrically bevelled inwardly from back to front on both sides of the stone. The waddle is symetrically recessed on both sides as well.

If anyone can tie a people and/or date to any of these items, I would be grateful. Sorry about the quality of the pics--I didn't shoot them.

 

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[bulrush]

Looks like a duck call.

 

[unclemac]

looks like a fist making a sort of "OK" to me....

 

[nhbenz]

Huh, I'd overlooked that that's clearly a hand. Maybe an old retail display, to hold something... duck calls maybe?

 

[mick56]

Blow into the call; what does it sound like?

 

[d2]

It will be a Crow call, I think...d2

 

[RJo]

Blow into the call; what does it sound like?

It sounds like a guy blowing into his hand to warm it during winter... probably due to user error. The things I hunt generally don't fly.

 

[RJo]

looks like a fist making a sort of "OK" to me....

Ah yes... a prehistoric gang sign. Explains the broken arrowhead. Must be from Syracuse.