Rice Steaming Pot
Silk Processing Pot
Dye Pot
82-7-237
From: Thailand | Sakon Nakhon | Ban Pueai
Curatorial Section: Asian
| Native Name | Mo Nueng Khao | หม้อนึ่งข้าว | Mo Hung Khao | หม้อหุงข้าว |
| Object Number | 82-7-237 |
| 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 | Ceramic | Earthenware |
| Subject | Textileworking Tools and Equipment | Food Processing Tools and Equipment |
| Description | This pot is used for storing indigo dye but has the same shape for steaming rice, boiling silk threads for unravelling, and storing indigo dye. It has black marks from an outdoor firing process (no soot is present). |
| Height | 26 cm |
| Outside Diameter | 31 cm |
| Credit Line | Thai-Lao Ethnographic Expedition, Joyce C. White, 1981 |
| Other Number | 070 - Field Number |
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