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Decoy Anchor Weights
Illinois State Museum Collection.
a. Coat hanger wire, lead mold (798883)
b. #2 wire and lead form 3/16"
c. One side flat, peaked on the other (1968.12, 798884.2)
d. H.L. Rawlins, Thomson, Illinois, Pat pen 715746, 5"(1995.143)
e. IDEAL decoy weight, 5" (1968.4, 798884).
f. WEEKS weight, 1 1/4" x 3/16"
g. Homemade lead weight with bent nail loops (798882)
h. (1968.12, 798882{3})

Photograph by Gary Andrashko, Illinois State Museum.

<b>Decoy Anchor Weights</b><br>Illinois State Museum Collection.<br>a. Coat hanger wire, lead mold (798883)<br>b. #2 wire and lead form 3/16"<br>c. One side flat, peaked on the other (1968.12, 798884.2)<br>d. H.L. Rawlins, Thomson, Illinois, Pat pen 715746, 5"(1995.143)<br>e. IDEAL decoy weight, 5" (1968.4, 798884).<br>f. WEEKS weight, 1 1/4" x 3/16"<br>g. Homemade lead weight with bent nail loops (798882)<br>h. (1968.12, 798882{3})