General Information

Serial #

N/A

Part Number

1

Total Parts

1

AKA

N/A

Patents

N/A

General Description

WOOD FRAME/ PAPER COVER/ STRING/ FOIL JOINTS & DECORATIVE ELEMENTS

Dimensions

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

Length

105.5 cm

Width

81.1 cm

Height

7.0 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

Thailand

State/Province

Unknown

City

Unknown

Context

Country

Thailand

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. THIS IS FIGHTING KITE, USED TO COMBAT OPPONENT KITES IN AIR IN KITE FIGHTING COMPETITIONS.

Technical

TRADITIONAL MALE FIGHTING KITE OF THAILAND; ITS SMALLER FEMALE OPPONENT IS CALLED PAKPAO. MADE OF PAPER & BAMBOO, PREPARATION OF MATERIALS TAKE UP TO 2 YEARS. OBJECT FOR OPERATOR OF CHULA IS TO SNAG PAKPAO & DRAW IT INTO MALE TERRITORY, FOR PAKPAO FLIER IT ISTO FORCE CHULA DOWN. KITE FIGHTING IS POPULAR SPORT IN THAILAND & EACH YEAR COMPETITIONS ARE HELD NEAR GRAND PALACE IN BANGKOK (REF. 1).

Area Notes

Unknown

Details

Markings

NONE

Missing

APPEARS COMPLETE

Finish

WHITE COVER/ UNFINISHED WOOD/ BROWN STRING/ WHITE STRING/ GOLD FOIL

Decoration

GOLD FOIL DOTS ON COVER