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- OBJECT TYPE
- CUBAN FIGHTING
- DATE
- Unknown
- ARTIFACT NUMBER
- 2003.0089.001
- MANUFACTURER
- Unknown
- MODEL
- Unknown
- LOCATION
- Cuba
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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
- 36.2 cm
- Width
- 24.2 cm
- Height
- 1.0 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
- Cuba
- State/Province
- Unknown
- City
- Unknown
Context
- Country
- Cuba
- 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
-
MOST POPULAR CUBAN FIGHTING KITE IS CALLED PAPALOTE (BUTTERFLY), NAME WHICH COMES FROM NAHUATL, LANGUAGE OF AZTECS. THESE SIX-SIDED FIGHTING KITES, MADE OF PAPER & WOOD, EXHIBIT SIMPLE GEOMETRIC SHAPES WHICH FACILITATE THEIR IDENTIFICATION DURING COMBAT (REF. 1). - Area Notes
-
Unknown
Details
- Markings
- NONE
- Missing
- TAIL
- Finish
- ALTERNATING PURPLE & YELLOW SECTIONS FORM COVER/ UNFINISHEDWOOD
- Decoration
- N/A
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Unknown Manufacturer, Kite, Unknown Date, Artifact no. 2003.0089, Ingenium – Canada’s Museums of Science and Innovation, http://collection.ingeniumcanada.org/en/id/2003.0089.001/
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