Fish weathervane carved from one piece of wood. Eyes and gills are incised. Three metal fins above and below. The body is painted white. The head, fin and tails are black. The eye, gill, and mouth are painted red.
weathervanes
metal
carving (processes)
pine (wood)
painting (coating)
Weathervane
Original to Cogswell's Grant (Essex, Mass.),
Parker, Alonzo (Carver)
East Kingston, NH, USA
11 x 1 3/4 (WxD) (inches)
Gift of Bertram K. and Nina Fletcher Little
1991.740
New Hampshire (United States)
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