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OBJECT TYPE
CAMBODIAN/KLENG EK
DATE
1999
ARTIFACT NUMBER
2003.0097.001
MANUFACTURER
Unknown
MODEL
Unknown
LOCATION
Cambodia

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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 & ENDPIECE/ HEAVY PAPER COVER/ WOOD HUMMER WITH PLANT MATERIAL STRIP/ STRING

Dimensions

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

Length
N/A
Width
N/A
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
Cambodia
State/Province
Unknown
City
Unknown

Context

Country
Cambodia
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. THIS TYPE OF KITE HAS RELIGIOUS SIGNIFICANCE AS WELL.
Technical
KLENG EK IS MOST POPULAR TRADITIONAL BAMBOO & PAPER KITE OF CAMBODIA, WHERE KITE FESTIVALS EXISTED SINCE 972; THEY ARE ALSO FLOWN OVER RICE FIELDS DURING HARVEST. KLENG EK KITES HAVE ATTACHED WHISTLES OR HARPS WHICH MOAN IN WIND & ARE INTENDED TO ATTRACT SPIRITS TO RECEIVE PRAYERS. FOR NIGHT FLYING, KITES HAVE CANDLES ATTACHED WHICH TURN THEM INTO VERITABLE FLYING LANTERNS (REF. 1).
Area Notes
Unknown

Details

Markings
HAND WRITTEN IN PENCIL ON COVER "KLENG EK CAMBODIAN KITE KLENG EK/ SIM Sarak [SCRIPT] [ILLEGIBLE LETTERING]/ HANG SOVANN/ 5/5/99"
Missing
APPEARS COMPLETE
Finish
BROWN PAPER/ UNFINISHED WOOD/ NATURAL PLANT MATERIAL/ WHITE STRING
Decoration
N/A

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