Water Lifter Basket
82-7-181
From: Thailand | Sakon Nakhon | Ban Yang Ngam
Curatorial Section: Asian
| Native Name | Ka So | กะโซ้ | Chong Long | โชงโลง |
| Object Number | 82-7-181 |
| Current Location | Collections Storage |
| Culture | Thai | Isaan |
| Provenience | Thailand | Sakon Nakhon | Ban Yang Ngam |
| Site Name | Ban Yang Ngam | บ้านยางงาม |
| Date Made | 1900-1981 |
| Section | Asian |
| Materials | Basketry |
| Technique | Basketry |
| Subject | Agricultural Tools and Equipment | Rice Production |
| Description | A water lifter basket in the form of a long bamboo pole with a woven basket attached in an oar-like manner. The basket is open on top and one end is like a scoop. Water is lifted or moved from adjacent catchments using this object. It would have been suspended by a temporary bamboo tripod from which it would swing. |
| Length | 200.66 cm |
| Credit Line | Thai-Lao Ethnographic Expedition, Joyce C. White, 1981 |
| Other Number | 089 - Field Number |
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