Threshing Sticks

Rice Beating Sticks

82-7-159

From: Thailand | Udon Thani | Ban Bun Mi

Curatorial Section: Asian

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Native Name Mai Fat Khao | ไม้ฟาดข้าว | Mai Nip Khao | ไม้หนีบข้าว | ไม้ตีข้าว
Object Number 82-7-159
Current Location Collections Storage
Culture Thai | Isaan
Provenience Thailand | Udon Thani | Ban Bun Mi
Site Name Ban Bun Mi | บ้านบุญมี
Date Made 1900-1981
Section Asian
Materials Bamboo | Rope
Subject Agricultural Tools and Equipment | Rice Production
Description

Threshing sticks made of bamboo and rope. The two bamboo poles are attached by a rope tied around a carved constriction near one end of each pole. One pole has a circular hole carved in it. This was used for threshing rice bundles.

Length 70 cm
Credit Line Thai-Lao Ethnographic Expedition, Joyce C. White, 1981
Other Number 247 - Field Number

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