General Information

Serial #

N/A

Part Number

1

Total Parts

1

AKA

N/A

Patents

N/A

General Description

WOOD FRAME/ SILK? COVER/ STRING

Dimensions

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

Length

88.0 cm

Width

57.8 cm

Height

10.0 cm

Thickness

N/A

Weight

N/A

Diameter

N/A

Volume

N/A

Lexicon

Group

Aviation

Category

Miscellaneous

Sub-Category

N/A

Manufacturer

AKA

VOCE

Country

Brazil

State/Province

Unknown

City

Unknown

Context

Country

Brazil

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. FIGHTING KITES ARE FLOWN WITH ABRASIVE CORDS USED TO CUT CORDS OF OPPONENTS' KITES IN KITE FIGHTING COMPETITIONS, THUS WINNING BATTLE.

Technical

BRAZILIAN FIGHTING KITES HAVE DISTINCTIVE CONSTRUCTION IN WHICH BAMBOO FRAME IS NOT COMPLETELY COVERED BY PAPER./ CORD IS COATED WITH MIXTURE OF GROUND GLASS & COBBLER'S GLUE TO ENABLE FLIER TO CUT CORD OF OPPONENTS KITE. COLOURS& MOTIFS USED IN DECORATION SYMBOLIZE KITE'S AREA OF ORIGIN & HELP IN IDENTIFICATION (REF.1).

Area Notes

Unknown

Details

Markings

NONE

Missing

TAIL

Finish

MULTICOLOURED PAINTED DESIGNS ON PRIMARILY BLUE & YELLOW GROUND/ WHITE STRING

Decoration

MULTICOLOURED DESIGNS INCLUDING BALLOONS, TREES, SUN/ SILVER GLITTER