wooden split-tail wind vane
Date: 1885
Inventory Number: 1996-1-0146
Classification: Wind Vane
Dimensions:21 x 186 x 25 cm (8 1/4 x 73 1/4 x 9 13/16 in.)
Description:
A wooden split-tail wind vane, with a thin metal pointer passing through a brass bead, connected to a flat wooden panel or blade. The single wooden blade is connected to a double blade, so that the vane appears to be split at the end.