Hunting with a Spear - Weathervane Wednesday

 Today's weathervane was spotted on a barn on New Boston Road (Route 136) in Francestown, New Hampshire.   It appears to be a hunter with a spear on a running horse.  Is it a circus performer? An early depiction of a Native American?  

This two dimensional black metal weathervane stands out very clear against the sky as you pass by this farmstead in Francestown.  It appears to be original to the building, but I could not find any history of this weathervane online.  19th century depictions of Native Americans on weathervanes are similar, but often folk art is homemade copies of weathervanes seen elsewhere. 

See the links below for depictions of Native people on weathervanes.  Recently the famous weathervane of Rev. Eleazar Wheelock and the Native American was removed by Dartmouth University in Hanover, New Hampshire for it's racist interpretation of the college history, and has not been replaced yet. 

Tewksbury, Massachusetts State Hospital -   https://nutfieldgenealogy.blogspot.com/2018/08/weathervane-wednesday-another-indian.html  

"Wheelock and the Indian Under the Pine", Dartmouth University -   https://nutfieldgenealogy.blogspot.com/2018/02/weathervane-wednesday-above-university.html   

Town Hall, Rowley, Massachusetts-  https://nutfieldgenealogy.blogspot.com/2018/04/weathervane-wednesday-above-old-town.html   

"The Lion Killer" at the Shelburne Museum, Vermont -   https://nutfieldgenealogy.blogspot.com/2014/04/weathervane-wednesday-lion-killer.html   

Another Native American weathervane from the Shelburn Museum -   https://nutfieldgenealogy.blogspot.com/2014/02/weathervane-wednesday-three-on-one-barn.html  

Click here here to see over 425 weathervanes from around the world (mostly New England):

https://nutfieldgenealogy.blogspot.com/search/label/Weathervane%20Wednesday 

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Cite/Link to this post: Heather Wilkinson Rojo, "Hunting with a Spear - Weathervane Wednesday", Nutfield Genealogy, posted December 2, 2020, ( https://nutfieldgenealogy.blogspot.com/2020/12/hunting-with-spear-weathervane-wednesday.html: accessed [access date]).