3. Concept: Weathervanes Weathervanes were attached to the mast tops of Kurenai, dragnet and sealing-net boats. In 1844 they were introduced together with other recognition signs. It was the mostly stylized state or religious attributes and elements of nature . It represented owner's family and his wealth. Scientists had been looking for analogy to weathervanes, but they couldn't find anything neither in the Baltics, nor in North Sea and Atlantics. The symbolic weathervane of the Northern Curonian Spit became the emblem of the Neringa City.