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Weathervane cut from one piece of wood in the shape of a "serpent." Green painted finish. The tail is in the shape of an arrow, and nails are driven in at the edge to suggest scales.
weathervanes
wood (plant material)
metal
painting (coating)
figure- and animal-derived motifs
serpents (suborder)
Wood
Unidentified Metal
Painted
Serpent
Weathervane
Original to Cogswell's Grant (Essex, Mass.),
Unknown
45 x 4 x 1 (HxWxD) (inches)
Gift of Bertram K. and Nina Fletcher Little
1991.1058
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