Spool
82-7-207
From: Thailand | Udon Thani | Ban Dong Yen
Curatorial Section: Asian
| Native Name | Kwak | กวัก |
| Object Number | 82-7-207 |
| Current Location | Collections Storage |
| Culture | Thai | Isaan |
| Provenience | Thailand | Udon Thani | Ban Dong Yen |
| Site Name | Ban Dong Yen | บ้านดงเย็น |
| Date Made | 1900-1981 |
| Section | Asian |
| Materials | Rattan | Bamboo |
| Technique | Basketry |
| Subject | Textileworking Tools and Equipment | Cotton Production |
| Description | A loosely woven slightly hour glass shaped spool with a tighter weave on the narrowed neck and widened lip. The closed end is rounded off and the spool stands on the lip. A support crosses the neck - a piece of bamboo with a hole in the center. A similar, but smaller piece is tied inside the closed end. Probably to allow the spool to be held on a stick. This is used for spinning thread. |
| Height | 46.5 cm |
| Outside Diameter | 22 cm |
| Credit Line | Thai-Lao Ethnographic Expedition, Joyce C. White, 1981 |
| Other Number | 167 - Field Number |
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