General Information

Serial #

N/A

Part Number

1

Total Parts

1

AKA

N/A

Patents

N/A

General Description

PAPER? HEAD/ WOOD FRAME/ SILK? COVERED BODY & WINGS/ CARDBOARD? TEETH/ STRING

Dimensions

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

Length

54.0 cm

Width

157.0 cm

Height

18.5 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

Indonesia

State/Province

Unknown

City

Unknown

Context

Country

Indonesia

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. SOME KITES OF THIS TYPE WERE USED TO FRIGHTEN BIRDS AWAY FROM RICE PADDIES.

Technical

ELABORATE KITES IN FORM OF BUTTERFLIES, BIRDS & BATS ARE MADE ON INDONESIAN ISLAND OF BALI & ARE INTEGRAL PART OF LOCAL FOLKLORE AS WELL AS POPULAR PASTIME. FARMERS FLY KITES RESEMBLING BIRDS OF PREY TO PROTECT RICE PADDIES FROM BIRDS. KITE RANGE IN SIZE FROM VERY SMALL TO VERY LARGE & ARE USUALLY MADE OF HAND PAINTED SILK ON BAMBOO FRAME (REF. 1).

Area Notes

Unknown

Details

Markings

NONE

Missing

APPEARS COMPLETE

Finish

MULTICOLOURED PAINTED HEAD WITH RED TONGUE, WHITE TEETH, BLACK & WHITE EYES/ UNFINISHED WOOD/ FABRIC COVERED BODY PRIMARILY BLACK WITH MULTICOLOURED MARKINGS/ WHITE STRING

Decoration

N/A