General Information

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Part Number

1

Total Parts

1

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General Description

WOOD FRAME & ENDPIECE/ HEAVY PAPER COVER/ WOOD HUMMER WITH PLANT MATERIAL STRIP/ STRING

Dimensions

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

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Lexicon

Group

Aviation

Category

Miscellaneous

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Manufacturer

AKA

Unknown

Country

Cambodia

State/Province

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City

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Context

Country

Cambodia

State/Province

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Period

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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 TYPE OF KITE HAS RELIGIOUS SIGNIFICANCE AS WELL.

Technical

KLENG EK IS MOST POPULAR TRADITIONAL BAMBOO & PAPER KITE OF CAMBODIA, WHERE KITE FESTIVALS EXISTED SINCE 972; THEY ARE ALSO FLOWN OVER RICE FIELDS DURING HARVEST. KLENG EK KITES HAVE ATTACHED WHISTLES OR HARPS WHICH MOAN IN WIND & ARE INTENDED TO ATTRACT SPIRITS TO RECEIVE PRAYERS. FOR NIGHT FLYING, KITES HAVE CANDLES ATTACHED WHICH TURN THEM INTO VERITABLE FLYING LANTERNS (REF. 1).

Area Notes

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Details

Markings

HAND WRITTEN IN PENCIL ON COVER "KLENG EK CAMBODIAN KITE KLENG EK/ SIM Sarak [SCRIPT] [ILLEGIBLE LETTERING]/ HANG SOVANN/ 5/5/99"

Missing

APPEARS COMPLETE

Finish

BROWN PAPER/ UNFINISHED WOOD/ NATURAL PLANT MATERIAL/ WHITE STRING

Decoration

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