Wooden cockerel weathervane. Fairly slender with highly stylized intertwining (carved separately) bold crest and wattles. Carved narrow eye. Large claw feet grip a rectangular base. Carved on both sides. Traces of old black, red, and yellow paint.
weathervanes
carving (processes)
painting (coating)
wood (plant material)
weathervanes
Wood
Painted
Carved
Weather Vane
Weathervane
Original to Cogswell's Grant (Essex, Mass.),
Unknown
16 3/4 x 17 1/2 x 1 3/8 (HxWxD) (inches)
Gift of Bertram K. and Nina Fletcher Little
1991.403
New Hampshire (United States)
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