General Information

Serial #

N/A

Part Number

1

Total Parts

2

AKA

N/A

Patents

N/A

General Description

.1 FABRIC? HEAD; FABRIC DISKS LINKED BY STRING; WOOD FRAME & RODS; FEATHERS/.2 CARDBOARD WITH FABRIC COVERING

Dimensions

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

Length

18.5 cm

Width

6.7 cm

Height

4.8 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

China

State/Province

Unknown

City

Unknown

Context

Country

China

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

MOST SPECTACULAR TYPE OF KITE IS PROBABLY CHINESE DRAGON OR CENTIPEDE, WHICH IS FOUND IN ALL SIZES & QUALITIES. DRAGON KITE IS COMPOSED OF HAND PAINTED HEAD & BODY. ELABORATE HEAD OFTEN HAS MOVING EYES OR TONGUE. BODY CONSISTS OF DISKS OFIDENTICAL OR DECREASING SIZE, LINKED BY CORD. ON EITHER SIDE OF EACH DISK IS BALANCING ROD DECORATED WITH FEATHERS OR PAPER (REF. 1).

Area Notes

Unknown

Details

Markings

NONE

Missing

APPEARS COMPLETE

Finish

.1 MULTICOLOURED & COATED HEAD; BLACK, RED, BLUE & WHITE DISKS; WHITE & GREY FEATHERS; WHITE STRING; UNFINISHED WOOD/.2 GREY EXTERIOR

Decoration

.2 WHITE PATTERN ON BOX EXTERIOR