General Information

Serial #

N/A

Part Number

1

Total Parts

2

AKA

N/A

Patents

N/A

General Description

.1 WOOD FRAME WITH FABRIC? COVERING; FOIL ORNAMENTATION; STRING; SYNTHETIC? BEARD; METAL PARTS/.2 FABRIC DISKS ON WOOD FRAMES, WOOD RODS WITH FEATHERS AT EACH END; THREAD

Dimensions

Note: These reflect the general size for storage and are not necessarily representative of the object's true dimensions.

Length

26.8 cm

Width

23.0 cm

Height

19.5 cm

Thickness

N/A

Weight

N/A

Diameter

N/A

Volume

N/A

Lexicon

Group

Aviation

Category

Miscellaneous

Sub-Category

N/A

Manufacturer

AKA

Unknown

Country

China

State/Province

Unknown

City

Unknown

Context

Country

China

State/Province

Unknown

Period

Unknown

Canada

Specimen from a Canadian collection of international kites. Mr. Yves Laforest is a kite collector and flier from the Montreal area.

Function

A light frame covered with light material, lifted by wind and flown by a long cord, usually but not always for recreational purposes.

Technical

The most spectacular type of kite is probably the Chinese dragon or centipede, which is found in all sizes and qualities. A dragon kite is composed of a hand painted head and body; the elaborate head often has moving eyes or tongue; the body consists of disks of identical or decreasing size, linked by cord. On either side of each disk is a balancing rod decorated with feathers or paper (Ref. 1).

Area Notes

Unknown

Details

Markings

NONE

Missing

APPEARS COMPLETE

Finish

.1 PRIMARILY PAINTED BLUE, GREEN, RED; RED BEARD; GOLD FOIL; NATURAL WOOD; WHITE STRING/.2 COLOURED RED, YELLOW, TEAL WITH WHITE STRIPING; NATURAL WOOD; PINK & WHITE FEATHERS; WHITE THREAD

Decoration

N/A