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The official state symbols represent the cultural heritage and natural treasures of each state or the entire United States

Nevada Symbols

Nevada Symbols

Animal, Artifact, Bird, Christmas Tree, Colors, Fish, Flag, Flower, Fossil, Gemstone, Grass, March, Metal, Motto, Nicknames, Reptile, Rock, Seal, Semi-precious Gemstone , Slogan, Soil, Song, Tartan, Tree, Tree

Nevada State Artifact

Tule Duck Decoy

Adopted in 1995.

Nevadans proclaimed the Tule duck decoy their state artifact in 1995. Actually, there are eleven ducks—or, more precisely, decoys, each formed of a bundle of bullrush (tule) stems. The decoys are shaped to resemble a canvasback duck. Discovered by archaeologists in 1924 while during an excavation at Lovelock Cave, the decoys were created almost 2,000 years ago.

CHAPTER 235
STATE EMBLEMS; GIFTS AND ENDOWMENTS

STATE SEAL AND MOTTO
NRS 235.085 State artifact. The object of human workmanship known as the tule duck decoy is hereby designated as the official state artifact of the State of Nevada.

(Added to NRS by 1995, 97)

S.B. 80 Senate Bill No. 80--Senator Adler Prefiled on January 10, 1995 _____________ Referred to Committee on Government Affairs SUMMARY--Designates tule duck decoy as official state artifact of State of Nevada. (BDR 19-172) FISCAL NOTE: Effect on Local Government: No. Effect on the State or on Industrial Insurance: No. EXPLANATION--Matter in italics is new; matter in bra ckets [ ] is material to be omitted. AN ACT relating to state emblems; designating the tule duck decoy as the official state artifact of the State of Nevada; and providing other matters properly relating thereto. THE PEOPLE OF THE STATE OF NEVADA, REPRESENTED IN SENATE AND ASSEMBLY, DO ENACT AS FOLLOWS: Section 1. Chapter 235 of NRS is hereby amended by adding thereto a new section to read as follows:\ The object of human workmanship known as the tule duck decoy is hereby designated as the official state artifact of the State of Nevada.\\

State Symbols

State symbols represent things that are special to a particular state.

symbol \ˈsim-bəl\
noun

Etymology:
in sense 1, from Late Latin symbolum, from Late Greek symbolon, from Greek, token, sign; in other senses from Latin symbolum token, sign, symbol, from Greek symbolon, literally, token of identity verified by comparing its other half, from symballein to throw together, compare, from syn- + ballein to throw — more at devil
Date: 15th century

1: Something that represents something else by association, resemblance, or convention, especially a material object used to represent something invisible.