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Bug Kite

Artist Artist unrecorded
DateMid-20th century
Place madeJapan, East Asia, Asia
MediumBamboo, paper, paint
Dimensions36 × 27 in. (91.4402 × 68.5801 cm)
Classifications*Objects
Credit LineMuseum of International Folk Art, gift of Lloyd E. Cotsen and the Neutrogena Corporation, A.1995.93.1692
Object numberA.1995.93.1692
DescriptionPaper kite in the shape of an insect(?) with big round eyes; colors are red, yellow, black, blue, green; materials are bamboo, paper, paint; object was cut, folded, pasted, painted.
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