General Information

Serial #

N/A

Part Number

1

Total Parts

1

AKA

N/A

Patents

N/A

General Description

WOOD FRAME/ PAPER COVER/METALLIC FOIL JOINTS/ STRING

Dimensions

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

Length

59.7 cm

Width

52.5 cm

Height

N/A

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

Afghanistan

State/Province

Unknown

City

Unknown

Context

Country

Afghanistan

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

GOUDI PARAN IS FIGHTING KITE OF AFGHANISTAN, WHERE KITE COMBAT IS EXTREMELY POPULAR & WHERE NEIGHBOURHOOD CHAMPIONS COMPETE REGULARLY IN ACCORDANCE WITH STRICT RULES OF CHIVALRY. THERE ARE 9 TYPES OF GOUDI PARAN DISTINGUISHED BY SIZE & FORM. KITE FLYING TRADITION WAS DISCONTINUED UNDER RULE OF TALIBAN (REF. 1).

Area Notes

Unknown

Details

Markings

NONE

Missing

APPEARS COMPLETE

Finish

PURPLE, PINK, TURQUOISE, BLACK & WHITE COVER/ GOLD FOIL/ UNFINISHED WOOD/ BLACK STRING

Decoration

N/A