Kite Reel

17636

From: Korea

Curatorial Section: Asian

View All (5) Object Images

Native Name Eol-le (연줄)
Object Number 17636
Current Location Collections Storage
Culture Korean
Provenience Korea
Period Joseon Dynasty
Date Made 19th Century - 1895
Section Asian
Materials Wood
Description

This wooden kite reel is about 31 inches in length. There are two pentagonal pieces of wood, one held about 4" above the other by 6 sticks meeting them perpendicularly around the edges and 1 from the middle of the bottom through the middle of the top and about 7" on. Other sticks overlap above and below the levels about 1 1/2". There is a wooden stick that runs along the core. One of the pentagon shaped wood piece has the Chinese characters for 1-6 on it.

Credit Line Gift of Dr. E. B. Landis, 1896

Report problems and issues to digitalmedia@pennmuseum.org.