Water Bucket

82-7-20

From: Thailand | Udon Thani | Ban Phon Sung

Curatorial Section: Asian

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Native Name Pom | ป่อม | Khu Pom | คุป่อม | Thang Tak Nam | ถังตักน้ำ
Object Number 82-7-20
Current Location Collections Storage
Culture Thai | Isaan
Provenience Thailand | Udon Thani | Ban Phon Sung
Site Name Ban Phon Sung | บ้านโพนสูง
Date Made 1900-1981
Section Asian
Materials Namman Yaang Khii Sii | Bamboo | Straw | Mud
Technique Woven
Subject Container | Transportation Artifacts
Description

A bullet shaped basket woven with bamboo fibers (mai phai ban ไม้ไผ่บ้าน) which is coated with a resin-based material from a plant (nam man yang khi siน้ำมันยางขี้ซี ) which looks like mud. The basket has a bamboo handle and is used to lift water from wells.

Height 48 cm
Outside Diameter 23 cm
Credit Line Thai-Lao Ethnographic Expedition, Joyce C. White, 1981
Other Number 126 - Field Number

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