Kite Making:Tim Sao measures the length of the kite's spine, 1987

Kite Making:Tim Sao measures the length of the kite's spine, 1987

1987

Tim Sao uses his forearm to measure the length of the kite's spine. He will mark how long the spine should be with a pencil then cut it with the hacksaw to the correct length in proportion with the Top Wing. The design of the Top Wing, by the way, is a different shape from the one that Soeun made previously which had rounded ends; he considers this shape more beautiful. Once the spine is cut to length Tim will shave the end with a file to fit the Tail Piece that he has notched with a chisel, and finally secure the spine to the notched Tail Piece with two small tacks carefully driven in with a hammer. 

Kite Making, photograph 4 of 19, from Cambodian Traditional Crafts and Religious Ceremonies.

View the Kite Making group of photographs in order on the Internet Archive, https://archive.org/details/CambodianKiteMaking.

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