General Information

Serial #

N/A

Part Number

1

Total Parts

1

AKA

N/A

Patents

N/A

General Description

PAPER COVER/WOOD FRAME/ PLASTICIZED PAPER LABEL/ STRING

Dimensions

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

Length

30.9 cm

Width

29.0 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

Martinique

State/Province

Unknown

City

Unknown

Context

Country

Unknown

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

HEXAGONAL KITE APPARENTLY FROM MARTINIQUE (INFO. FROM VENDOR) BUT RESEMBLING CUBAN FIGHTING KITE (2003.0088-.0090) RATHER THAN MARTINIQUE LEAF KITE (2003.0104-0108). SIX-SIDED CUBAN FIGHTING KITES, MADE OF PAPER & WOOD, EXHIBIT SIMPLE GEOMETRIC SHAPES WHICH FACILITATE THEIR IDENTIFICATION DURING COMBAT (REF. 1).

Area Notes

Unknown

Details

Markings

MULTICOLOURED LETTERING ON LABEL READS "MARTINIQUE/ BIENVENUE/ WELCOME/ BENVENUTI/ BIEN VENIDA/ WILLKOMEN" WITH LOGO READING "MARTINIQUE"

Missing

APPEARS COMPLETE

Finish

BLACK COVER WITH WHITE LABEL/ UNFINISHED WOOD/ WHITE STRING

Decoration

N/A