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Chinese Kites (Exhibition)
birth: 1971 June 16
death: 1971 September
Exhibition. Opened June 16, 1971 and closed September 1971. Located on Floor 2 in the Akeley Gallery at the American Museum of Natural History. Chinese Kites featured twenty paper and bamboo kites collected by Bertold Laufer, a member of the Museum's Jesup North Pacific Expedition (1898-1905), and was curated by Walter Fairservis of the Museum's Department of Anthropology.
Summary
Chinese Kites featured twenty paper and bamboo kites collected by Bertold Laufer, a member of the Museum's Jesup North Pacific Expedition (1898-1905), and was curated by Walter Fairservis of the Museum's Department of Anthropology.
This is a condensed summary of the exhibition. For additional information, see Sources and/or Related Resources.