June 15, 2012

Collection Name: Drachen Foundation Collection

Collection Number: 2734

Post Type: Book

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Artist or Author: City of Weifang

Creation Year: 1988

Summay:

This tourism promotional piece was developed by the City of Weifang for Western interests.
Featuring the International Kite Festival and the kite production of the area, it brings to focus Weifang as an industrial center of manufacturing.

Pictured in this book are kiters, Ken Conrad and Dorothea Checkley of Seattle, Washington

1988

Geographic: Peoples Republic of China

Kite Type: Bowed, Figure

Materials: Bamboo, Paper, Silk

Significance: Art, Cultural, Sport

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