November 6, 2011

Collection Name: bill lockhart Collection

Collection Number: 585

Post Type: Kite Object or Accessory

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Artist or Author: unknown

Creation Year:

Length: 30 feet

Width: 5 feet

Summay:

At kite festivals, it was common to have kitemakers design and build windsocks to be used as decorations from the line of their larger kites (kites that were stable flyers and could easily support the weight of a windsock, even at 30 feet long). This one was collected by bill lockhart, Lubbock, Texas and is made of ripstop.

Geographic: United States

Kite Type: Accessory

Materials: Ripstop

Significance: Art, Sport

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