General Information

Serial #

N/A

Part Number

1

Total Parts

1

AKA

N/A

Patents

N/A

General Description

WOOD FRAME/ PAPER COVER

Dimensions

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

Length

60.0 cm

Width

53.3 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

KHAN

Country

India

State/Province

Unknown

City

Jaipur

Context

Country

India

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

INDIA HAS LONG & WELL KNOWN TRADITION OF KITE COMBAT. INDIAN FIGHTING KITE IS USUALLY MADE OF BAMBOO & PAPER, WITH CORD MADE ABRASIVE BY COATING IT WITH POWDERED GLASS. LIGHT, AGILE & FAST, THESE FIGHTING KITES ARE SAID BY MANY TOBE BEST IN WORLD (REF. 1). BABU KHAN IS WELL KNOWN KITE MAKER OF JAIPUR IN RAJASTHAN IN NORTHERN INDIA WHO PARTICIPATES IN COMPETITIONS & WORKSHOPS AROUND WORLD.

Area Notes

Unknown

Details

Markings

PAPER LABEL AFFIXED TO KITE BACK WITH PHOTO OF MAKER & BLACK LETTERING READING "BABU KHAN/ KITE MAKER/ 515 Mohalla Tikigaran/ Bas Budanpura/ JAIPUR 302 002 INDIA"/ BLACK STAR SHAPED STAMP

Missing

APPEARS COMPLETE

Finish

BLACK GROUND ON BODY WITH WHITE EYE SHAPE CONTAINING RED CIRCLE/ UNFINISHED WOOD

Decoration

N/A