Description (Physical description)
Paper kite. Bird shaped, with green and white tail.
Event Date 6/7/1994
Author: maa

Description (Physical description)
Wau Merak. Bird shaped paper kite. Seven pieces of cane attached to each other with white thread form the structure. The base of the structure is covered in white paper and covered with blue, green, red and yellow paper decoration. At the base of the tail are two tassels made of red shredded paper. Attached to each wing is a white square piece of paper covered with green fringe.
Event Date 10/7/2023
Author: Alana Edgeworth

Context (Amendments / updates)
It is possible that this kite is part of the Skeat collection. In the annual report, the Skeat collection (Z 33508, Skeat I: 640-654) lists 15 kites from South East Asia, however there are only 10 record on the database. This kite needs to be compared to those in the Skeat collection to determine their provenance.
Event Date 10/7/2023
Author: Alana Edgeworth

Context (Acquisition Details)
Accession register entry reads: '984 A-D 4 paper kites. S.E. Asia. d. unknown. Malaysia?'
Event Date 10/7/2023
Author: Alana Edgeworth