General Information

Serial #

N/A

Part Number

1

Total Parts

1

AKA

N/A

Patents

N/A

General Description

WOOD FRAME/ PAPER COVER & TAIL/ FOIL JOINTS/ STRING

Dimensions

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

Length

53.2 cm

Width

53.8 cm

Height

2.0 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

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

INDIAN VERSION OF TUKKAL KITE OF INDIA & PAKISTAN; PAKISTANI TUKKAL HAS LARGER HALF-MOON SEGMENT. SOMEWHAT RESEMBLING WAU BULAN OF MALAYSIA, TUKKAL IS MADEOF BAMBOO & PAPER WITH SEMI-CIRCULAR LOWER SECTION WHICH GREATLY IMPROVES ITS STABILITY. CORD IS COATED WITH GROUND GLASS. HEAVIER & SLOWER THAN INDIAN PATANG, TUKKAL, NEVERTHELESS WELL KNOWN FOR ITS FIGHTING ABILITIES & FREQUENTLY PREVAILS (REF. 1).

Area Notes

Unknown

Details

Markings

NONE

Missing

APPEARS COMPLETE

Finish

BLACK & RED COVER WITH GREEN TRIANGLE/ PURPLE, WHITE, GREEN, PINK, RED TAIL/ UNFINISHED WOOD/ GOLD FOIL/ WHITE STRING

Decoration

CUTAWAY TEARDROPS IN POINT/ GOLD FOIL SUNBURST, TREFOIL, DIAMOND SHAPES