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The main cover was in two tones of grey green. The one spine and two bowed tailless kite gives good opportunity for decoration. Fig. 119 is designed as a banner kite, Fig. 120 a conventionalized bull pup, and Fig. 121 a flower form. The two stick tailless kite is not as easy to space well as some of the others, yet a number of excellently decorated kites of this form have been exhibitd. Fig. 122 has a blue body and black paths with gilt over the black. The gilt was put on by hand. Fig. 123 is very similar in design but with light paths between dark. Fig. 124 has a red, white and blue combination with black paths and gilt stripes on the color spaces. In Fig. 125 the radiating lines would be curved in the air.

Fig. 117.

Fig. 119.

The Japanese square kite, Fig. 126, is like a canvas, ready for a grotesque figure, a beautiful landscape, or a conventional design, and many of these have been very artistically decorated.

For box-kites with bands as a part of their construction, the banding designs seem more consistent, and so are used more. See Figs. 127-133. Fish, bird, butterfly, boy, man, and clown kites and all forms of representative kites require considerable brush work. Fig. 134 is a beautiful brown kite all decorated with the brush. The school building in the center was painted with water colors. The fish kite, Fig. 135, is all hand work. Fig. 136 is the head for a dragon kite