General Information

Serial #

N/A

Part Number

1

Total Parts

4

AKA

N/A

Patents

N/A

General Description

.1 WOOD FRAME & FABRIC COVERING; METAL WIRE; SYNTHETIC? BEARD; FOIL/.2-.3 FABRIC COVERED WOOD/.4 49 FABRIC DISKS WITH WOOD FRAME; WOOD RODS WITH FEATHERS AT EACH END; STRING

Dimensions

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

Length

62.0 cm

Width

55.0 cm

Height

50.0 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 CANADIAN COLLECTION OF INTERNATIONAL KITES. MR. YVES LAFOREST IS KITE COLLECTOR & FLIER FROM MONTREAL AREA.

Function

LIGHT FRAME COVERED WITH LIGHT MATERIAL, LIFTED BY WIND & FLOWN BY LONG CORD, USUALLY BUT NOT ALWAYS FOR RECREATIONAL PURPOSES.

Technical

MOST SPECTACULAR TYPE OF KITE IS PROBABLY CHINESE DRAGON OR CENTIPEDE, WHICH IS FOUND IN ALL SIZES & QUALITIES. DRAGON KITE IS COMPOSED OF HAND PAINTED HEAD & BODY. ELABORATE HEAD OFTEN HAS MOVING EYES OR TONGUE. BODY CONSISTS OF DISKS OFIDENTICAL OR DECREASING SIZE, LINKED BY CORD. ON EITHER SIDE OF EACH DISK IS BALANCING ROD DECORATED WITH FEATHERS OR PAPER (REF. 1).

Area Notes

Unknown

Details

Markings

.1 LAST DISK INSCRIBED WITH WRITTEN CHARACTERS APPARENTLY CHINESE

Missing

APPEARS COMPLETE

Finish

.1 HEAD PRIMARILY PAINTED RED, GREEN, BLUE, WHITE, TEAL; NATURAL WOOD INTERIOR FRAME, WHITE PAINTED OUTSIDE COMPONENTS; GOLD FOIL; RED BEARD/.2-.3 PAINTED WHITE & BLACK, NATURAL WOOD/.4 RED EDGE PORTIONS OF DISKS WITH MULTICOLOURED CENTRAL PANELS; NATURAL WOOD; GREEN FEATHERS; WHITE STRING

Decoration

.2 SCALLOPED EDGES TO DISKS, INTERIOR PANELS DEPICT PERSON OR PERSONS USUALLY AT PLAY