Kite Making: The Klaing Aik is ready to fly, 1987

Kite Making: The Klaing Aik is ready to fly, 1987

1987

The strips are glued together end to end then attached to the kite's Tail Piece with wire. Finally the spine is rigged with a guide loop of string where the tether will be fastened, and the Klaing Aik is ready to fly!

Kate Making, photograph 16 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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