Cotton Fluffer
82-7-129
From: Thailand | Sakon Nakhon | Ban Yang Ngam
Curatorial Section: Asian
Native Name | Phiat | เพียด | Ka Phiat | กะเพียด | ตะกร้าสำหรับดีดฝ้าย |
Object Number | 82-7-129 |
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 | Bamboo |
Technique | Basketry |
Subject | Textileworking Tools and Equipment | Cotton Production |
Description | A cotton fluffer in the form of a large basket made of bamboo which narrows at the bottom. After the seeds are removed from the cotton ball with a cotton roller (อิ้ว), the balls are placed in this basket and fluffed with a bow (82-7-247). They are subsequently rolled before spinning. |
Height | 77 cm |
Length | 20 cm |
Width | 19 cm |
Outside Diameter | 53 cm |
Credit Line | Thai-Lao Ethnographic Expedition, Joyce C. White, 1981 |
Other Number | 088 - Field Number |
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