DepartmentAsia
Kite Reel With Silk Line
NameKite
Artist or maker
Nobuhiko Yoshizumi
(1940 - 2013)
CultureJapanese
Date1990-2013
Place madeKyoto, Japan, East Asia, Asia
MediumBamboo, other metal, brass, silk string
Dimensions1 × 5 × 1 in. (2.5 × 12.7 × 2.5 cm)
Credit LineMuseum of International Folk Art, gift of Mrs. Michiko Yoshizumi and the Yoshizumi family in honor of the artist's devotion to the art of the kite, A.2015.22.1a-c
Object numberA.2015.22.1a-c
DescriptionKite reel (a) with silk line, in cardboard tube (b) with lid (c). 3-dimensional kite reel with 6 bamboo spindles, silk string wrapped around it each spindle. Center metal and brass stick. Some handwritten numbering on one of the spindles.
José Dolores López
early 19th century
Artist not recorded
1833
