General Information

Serial #

N/A

Part Number

1

Total Parts

1

AKA

N/A

Patents

N/A

General Description

WOOD FRAME/ PAPER COVER, JOINTS, TAIL

Dimensions

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

Length

49.2 cm

Width

47.3 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

Unknown

Country

India

State/Province

Unknown

City

Unknown

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 KNOWN AS PATANG IS USUALLY MADE OF BAMBOO & PAPER, WITH CORD MADE ABRASIVE BY COATING IT WITH POWDERED GLASS. LIGHT, AGILE & FAST, THESE FIGHTING KITES ARESAID BY MANY TO BE BEST IN WORLD (REF. 1).

Area Notes

Unknown

Details

Markings

BLACK STAMPED BIRD ON BACK

Missing

APPEARS COMPLETE

Finish

RED, YELLOW & GREEN SQUARES ON COVER/ YELLOW JOINTS/ GREEN TAIL/ UNFINISHED WOOD

Decoration

N/A