Painted Kite Waiting in the Launch Fair

A diamond kite fills the middle of the picture, seen from straight above, with a dark central spine and two curved crossbars in gold and teal. Its cream cloth is painted with red and navy birds, swirling clouds and leafy vines. Two small huts with ladders sit on the crossbars, joined by a rope bridge, and orange flowers, purple mushrooms and blue feathers grow at the tips. A long ribbon in red, teal and gold loops from the lower point across the ground. The kite lies on a cobbled field ringed by striped tents in blue, yellow, pink and cream. Stalls sell rope and reels, spools and coils of string lie about, and people wander between the tents. The four painted quarters of the kite, each with its bird and cloud, give the picture a clear shape.