General Information

Serial #

N/A

Part Number

1

Total Parts

2

AKA

N/A

Patents

N/A

General Description

.1 WOOD FRAME; COVER OF WOVEN PLANT MATERIAL, POSSIBLY BARK; STRING; METAL HARDWARE; BOX TAPE PROTECTING FRAME ENDS/.2 BRAIDED LENGTHS OF PLANT MATERIAL; STRING; METAL CLASPS

Dimensions

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

Length

125.5 cm

Width

108.5 cm

Height

4.5 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

Colombia

State/Province

Unknown

City

Unknown

Context

Country

Colombia

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

KITE MADE OF NATIVE VEGETATION (POSSIBLY PLANTAIN BARK), HEXAGONAL, WITH TAIL FORMED BY THREE BRAIDED LENTHS OF SIMILAR MATERIAL SUSPENDED FROM LOWER EDGE.

Area Notes

Unknown

Details

Markings

NONE

Missing

APPEARS COMPLETE

Finish

.1 NATURAL COLOURED (LIGHT BROWN) PLANT MATERIAL; UNFINISHED WOOD; OFF-WHITE STRING; GOLDCOLOURED & GREY METAL PARTS; BROWN TAPE/.2 NATURAL COLOURED (LIGHT BROWN) PLANT MATERIAL; OFF-WHITE STRING;

Decoration

N/A