General Information

Serial #

N/A

Part Number

1

Total Parts

1

AKA

N/A

Patents

N/A

General Description

WOOD FRAME/ PAPER & METAL FOIL COVER/ PAPER BACK & TASSELS/ STRING

Dimensions

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

Length

95.2 cm

Width

81.5 cm

Height

7.0 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

Malaysia

State/Province

Unknown

City

Unknown

Context

Country

Malaysia

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

WAU BULAN (MOON KITE) IS MOST POPULAR STYLE OF TRADITIONAL FIGHTING KITE OF MALAYSIA, NAMED FOR TAIL WHICH RESEMBLES CRESCENT MOON. IT IS MADE OF DIFFERENT COLOURS & TEXTURES OF PAPER ON BAMBOO FRAME &IS OFTEN USED WITH BOW-SHAPED VIBRATOR WHICH CAUSES IT TO EMIT HUMMING SOUND BECAUSE OF FRICTION OF AIR (REF. 1).

Area Notes

Unknown

Details

Markings

NONE

Missing

APPEARS COMPLETE

Finish

PURPLE FOIL WITH GREEN & GOLD LEAVES, PINK & PEACH FLOWERS/ PINK DESIGNS CREATED BY CUTTING AWAY OF FOIL/ GOLD FOIL EDGING/ GOLD, SILVER, RED, PURPLE STAR/ RED, WHITE & YELLOW TASSELS/ DARK BLUE PAPER BACK/ UNFINISHED WOOD

Decoration

MULTICOLOURED FLOWERS, GOLD FOIL LEAVES, CUTAWAY PARTS