Kite
CG910226-8265
From: Borneo (uncertain) | Sarawak (uncertain)
Curatorial Section: Oceanian
Object Number | CG910226-8265 |
Current Location | Collections Storage |
Culture | Malay |
Provenience | Borneo (uncertain) | Sarawak (uncertain) |
Section | Oceanian |
Materials | Paper | Wood | Plant Fiber | Pigment |
Description | Diamond shaped kite made of thin paper attached to a framework of crossed sticks, and reinforced by strings. The strings are held to the paper by small orange lozenge-shaped pieces of other paper pasted over them at numerous points. Orange edges, near one of which is attached a clump of orange paper scraps. Poor condition: stains and some tears and bits missing. One of three "Malay kites" on Furness's collection list (Nos. 174, 175, 176). One of "3 Malay kites - 2 sticks, covered w diamonds" exhibited at Wistar in May 1897. |
Length | 95 cm |
Width | 85 cm |
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