October 25, 2016

Collection Name: Kite Collection

Collection Number: 3615

Post Type: History

This item was entered by Matthew Sutton. They assume full responsibility for all content.

Creation Year:

Length: 0.00

Height: 17.00

Width: 12.00

Summay:

Commercial Korean fighter kite, also called a shield kite, "Bangpae yeon". Printed mulberry paper sail over (5) bamboo spars. The shield kite is always in the strict proportion of two by three and has a circular hole in the center, with a diameter half the width of the kite. the hole functions as an efficient air control device. Four of the five bamboo spars - one vertical, two diagonal, and one horizontal intersect at the hole. A line is tied to the fifth spar, across the top of the sail, and is tensioned to give the kite its convex face.

Butterfly motif printed at the bottom of the kite sail. This kite may be considered a "Nabi Yeon" with a butterfly motif. Korean national symbol at top in blue and red. Signed on the lower left side of the kite.

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