January 30, 2012

Collection Name: Drachen Foundation Collection

Collection Number: 1997

Post Type: Kite Object or Accessory

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Artist or Author: Stormy Weathers

Creation Year:

Length: 11 inches

Width: 4-3/4 inches

Summay:

A simple Stormy Weathers winder, made of a single commercial plastic spool with a single 1/2 diameter dowel down the middle of the spool to be used as a holder or handle.
Wire pieces at the top and bottom of the dowel holds the spool on to it, allowing it to rotate. A small plastic piece is screwed into the top of the plastic spool to turn the spool and make taking up the line faster.

Donated by the Weathers family, Oregon, United States

Geographic: United States

Kite Type: Accessory

Materials: Dowel, Plastic

Significance: Sport

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