Whaler Weathervane
date: label: Date made
content: 1850-1875
notes: label: Description (Brief)
content: Depicting a Whaler with a horn. Silhouetted figure in prone position. The figure has black shoes, green knickers, a yellow shirt with red trim at cuffs, and a black broad brimmed bowler hat. The figure's arm is bent at elbow to support the horn.
label: Location
content: Currently not on view
place: label: place made
content: United States
topic: label: depicted
content: Sailors
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content: Culture and the Arts: Folk Art
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content: Cultures & Communities
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content: Art
creditLine: label: Credit Line
content: The Eleanor and Mabel van Alstyne Marsh American Folk Art Collection
dataSource: label: Data Source
content: National Museum of American History
identifier: label: ID Number
content: CL.65.0910
label: accession number
content: 261195
label: catalog number
content: 65.0910
label: collector/donor number
content: T-4
objectType: label: Object Name
content: weathervane
physicalDescription: label: Physical Description
content: paint (overall material)
label: Physical Description
content: wood (overall material)
label: Physical Description
content: metal (overall material)
label: Measurements
content: overall: 20.7 cm; x 8 1/8 in