Kite
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- OBJECT TYPE
- Chinese dragon/centipede
- DATE
- Unknown
- ARTIFACT NUMBER
- 2003.0069.001
- MANUFACTURER
- Unknown
- MODEL
- Unknown
- LOCATION
- China
More Information
General Information
- Serial #
- N/A
- Part Number
- 1
- Total Parts
- 2
- AKA
- N/A
- Patents
- N/A
- General Description
- .1 WOOD FRAME WITH FABRIC? COVERING; FOIL ORNAMENTATION; STRING; SYNTHETIC? BEARD; METAL PARTS/.2 FABRIC DISKS ON WOOD FRAMES, WOOD RODS WITH FEATHERS AT EACH END; THREAD
Dimensions
Note: These reflect the general size for storage and are not necessarily representative of the object's true dimensions.
- Length
- 26.8 cm
- Width
- 23.0 cm
- Height
- 19.5 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
- China
- State/Province
- Unknown
- City
- Unknown
Context
- Country
- China
- State/Province
- Unknown
- Period
- Unknown
- Canada
-
Specimen from a Canadian collection of international kites. Mr. Yves Laforest is a kite collector and flier from the Montreal area. - Function
-
A light frame covered with light material, lifted by wind and flown by a long cord, usually but not always for recreational purposes. - Technical
-
The most spectacular type of kite is probably the Chinese dragon or centipede, which is found in all sizes and qualities. A dragon kite is composed of a hand painted head and body; the elaborate head often has moving eyes or tongue; the body consists of disks of identical or decreasing size, linked by cord. On either side of each disk is a balancing rod decorated with feathers or paper (Ref. 1). - Area Notes
-
Unknown
Details
- Markings
- NONE
- Missing
- APPEARS COMPLETE
- Finish
- .1 PRIMARILY PAINTED BLUE, GREEN, RED; RED BEARD; GOLD FOIL; NATURAL WOOD; WHITE STRING/.2 COLOURED RED, YELLOW, TEAL WITH WHITE STRIPING; NATURAL WOOD; PINK & WHITE FEATHERS; WHITE THREAD
- Decoration
- N/A
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Unknown Manufacturer, Kite, Unknown Date, Artifact no. 2003.0069, Ingenium – Canada’s Museums of Science and Innovation, http://collection.ingeniumcanada.org/en/id/2003.0069.001/
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