Cotton Bow
82-7-247
From: Thailand | Sakon Nakhon | Ban Pueai
Curatorial Section: Asian
| Native Name | Kong Dit Fai | กงดีดฝ้าย | Khrueang Dit Fai | เครื่องดีดฝ้าย |
| Object Number | 82-7-247 |
| Current Location | Collections Storage |
| Culture | Thai | Isaan |
| Provenience | Thailand | Sakon Nakhon | Ban Pueai |
| Site Name | Ban Pueai | บ้านเปือย |
| Date Made | 1900-1981 |
| Section | Asian |
| Materials | Bamboo |
| Subject | Textileworking Tools and Equipment | Cotton Production |
| Description | A cotton bow in the form of a piece of bamboo that is bent at the ends and has a piece of twine attached between one end and the beginning of the bend at the other. One end of the bamboo is threaded through a hollow bamboo cylinder. After the seeds are removed by a cotton roller (อิ้ว), the cotton heads are fluffed prior to rolling by strumming them with the bow. Uesd with cotton fluffer (82-7-129). |
| Length | 93 cm |
| Width | 15 cm |
| Outside Diameter | 3.5 cm |
| Credit Line | Thai-Lao Ethnographic Expedition, Joyce C. White, 1981 |
| Other Number | 082 - Field Number |
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