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- OBJECT TYPE
- CODY BOX/REPLICA
- DATE
- Unknown
- ARTIFACT NUMBER
- 2003.0081.001
- MANUFACTURER
- Unknown
- MODEL
- Unknown
- LOCATION
- Unknown
More Information
General Information
- Serial #
- N/A
- Part Number
- 1
- Total Parts
- 43
- AKA
- N/A
- Patents
- N/A
- General Description
- .1 NYLON WITH METAL POLES, FIBRE CORDS/.2-.19 METAL POLES, SOME COPPER/.20-29,.31-.42 WOOD/.30 NYLON BAG
Dimensions
Note: These reflect the general size for storage and are not necessarily representative of the object's true dimensions.
- Length
- 489.0 cm
- Width
- 295.0 cm
- Height
- 173.0 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
- Unknown
- State/Province
- Unknown
- City
- Unknown
Context
- Country
- Unknown
- State/Province
- Unknown
- Period
- Unknown
- Canada
-
SPECIMEN FROM CANADIAN COLLECTION OF INTERNATIONAL KITES. MR. YVES LAFOREST IS KITE COLLECTOR & FLIER FROM MONTREAL AREA. - Function
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LIGHT FRAME COVERED WITH LIGHT MATERIAL, LIFTED BY WIND & FLOWN BY LONG CORD, USUALLY BUT NOT ALWAYS FOR RECREATIONAL PURPOSES. THIS KITE IS REPLICA OF BOX KITE DESIGNED BY SAMUEL CODY WHICH WAS CAPABLE OF LIFTING MAN INTO AIR. - Technical
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ACCORDING TO VENDOR, THIS IS CODY KITE REPLICA APPARENTLY MADE IN US FOR MOVIE. SAMUEL CODY WAS AMERICAN SHOWMAN LIVING IN ENGLAND WHO DEVELOPED HIS OWN WINGED VERSION (PATENTED 1901) OF HARGRAVE'S 1893 DOUBLE-CELL BOX KITE WHICH WAS CAPABLE OF LIFTING MAN INTO AIR. IN 1906 BRITISHWAS OFFICE ADOPTED CODY'S SYSTEM FOR ARMY OBSERVATION (REF. 1). - Area Notes
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Unknown
Details
- Markings
- NONE
- Missing
- UNKNOWN
- Finish
- .1 BEIGE & YELLOW WITH BROWN TRIM/.2-.19 METALLIC/.20-.29,.31-.42 UNFINISHED/.30 BLACK
- Decoration
- N/A
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Unknown Manufacturer, Kite, Unknown Date, Artifact no. 2003.0081, Ingenium – Canada’s Museums of Science and Innovation, http://collections.ingeniumcanada.org/en/item/2003.0081.001/
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