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OBJECT TYPE: INDIAN FIGHTING/MINIATURE/PATANG
DATE: Unknown
ARTIFACT NUMBER: 2003.0086.003

MANUFACTURER: Unknown
MODEL: Unknown
LOCATION: India

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General Information

Serial #: N/A
Part Number: 3
Total Parts: 3
AKA: N/A
Patents: N/A
General Description: WOOD FRAME/ PAPER COVER, TAIL/ FOIL JOINTS

Dimensions

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

Length: 23.2 cm
Width: 19.2 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. THIS IS MINIATURE VERSION OF INDIAN FIGHTING KITE KNOWN AS PATANG. IT IS USUALLY MADE OF BAMBOO & PAPER, WITH CORD MADE ABRASIVE BYCOATING IT WITH POWDERED GLASS. LIGHT, AGILE & FAST, THESE FIGHTING KITES ARE SAID BY MANY TO BE BEST IN WORLD (REF. 1).
Area Notes: Unknown

Details

Markings: NONE
Missing: TAIL
Finish: WHITE GROUND ON COVER WITH RED CIRCLE WITHIN YELLOW CIRCLE/ GOLD FOIL/ UNFINISHED WOOD
Decoration: N/A

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Unknown Manufacturer, Kite, Unknown Date, Artifact no. 2003.0086, Ingenium – Canada’s Museums of Science and Innovation, http://collection.ingeniumcanada.org/en/item/2003.0086.003/

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