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2005.33.10

Kite made of ? rice paper, with ? bamboo stretcher. Paper is painted with stylised water colour pattern: white square on a red background. [N.B. 'DCF 2004-2006 What's Upstairs?' 30/3/2005]

2005.33.10

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Collection type
Object
Description
Kite made of ? rice paper, with ? bamboo stretcher. Paper is painted with stylised water colour pattern: white square on a red background. [N.B. 'DCF 2004-2006 What's Upstairs?' 30/3/2005]
Person
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, Material Wood Plant, Process Carved, Process Glued, Process Painted
Dimensions
Length: max 452 mm
Object numbers
Accession number: 2005.33.10
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]

Search terms: Toy and Game, Kite, Toy

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