Perched atop houses and barns, these wind indicators have been in use in America since Colonial times, doubling as personal expressions of an individual's interests or trade. Check out these classic examples of form meets function.
Although sailors on whaling ships considered the mermaid bad luck—legends say that mermaids lure sailors to their death with song—the form makes a graceful weathervane in silhouette against a blue sky.
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