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2005.33.1

Kite made of ? rice paper, with ? bamboo stretcher. Paper is painted with stylised water colour pattern.

2005.33.1

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Collection type
Object
Description
Kite made of ? rice paper, with ? bamboo stretcher. Paper is painted with stylised water colour pattern.
Person
Maker Unknown Maker
Field collector L.A. Waddell
Field collector Laurence Austine Waddell
PRM source L.A. Waddell
PRM source Laurence Austine Waddell
Date / Period
Date made: Before 1900
Date collected
By 1900
Acquisition information
Donated: 1900 Found unentered: 2005
Materials and processes
Material Pigment, Material Rice Paper Plant, Material Bamboo Plant, Process Carved, Process Glued, Process Painted
Dimensions
Width: max 345 mm
Object numbers
Accession number: 2005.33.1
Research and responses

It seems likely that this collector is Laurence Austine Waddell, who was in China/ Tibet around 1900. Please see Biographies for further details [L.Ph 'DCF 2004-2006 What's Upstairs?' 10/2/2005]

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