The curious-looking carved eider duck atop one of the gable ends at the turf houses at Laufás. This carving served to represent the income that the farm used to bring in from harvesting eider duck down.
This image is from the presentation "A Tour of Elemental Iceland - Dettifoss, Hverir, Krafla, Goðafoss, Laufás, Akureyri".
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