June 8, 2012

Collection Name: Drachen Foundation Collection

Collection Number: 2661

Post Type: Article

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Artist or Author: Archdeacon Walsh

Creation Year: 1912

Summay:

This is one of the early anthropological documents of the kites of the Maori, covering the history of the people and their cultural customs of games and kites. He cites the research of Elsdon Best, of the Auckland Institute in 1901.

Geographic: New Zealand

Kite Type: Bowed, Figure

Materials: Bamboo, Cotton, Dowel, Paper

Significance: Cultural, Historical

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