Could this be an Indian Artifact?

[R2D2andMe]

I just happened to be out hunting for more metal when I stumbled across this little guy. I wasn't near any usual trails. I was quite a ways into the woods, so I don't suspect it was thrown away trash or anything. I found it at the base of a large tree, upside down and in a depression in the trunk at ground level. He also has a little metal "tag" drove into the top of his head. Maybe used to hold a feather or something?

Any ideas would help. Where would I take to get verified? Art museum? Antiques Road Show?
Thank you in advance for any info/help.[/img]

 

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[ivan salis]

thought of as as the "link" or "messenger god" between between the living and the dead in their religion ---- trust me --hes not "alone" even deep in the woods by hisself (and hes right where he "belongs" to be thats why they put him there in the first place.) and as a religious item of others its best left be "as is" - in my personal veiw

 

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