Tree Trunk

82-7-287D

From: Thailand | Udon Thani | Ban Bun Mi

Curatorial Section: Asian

Native Name Khrok Mong | ครกมอง | Khrok Tam Khao | ครกตำข้าว | ครกกระเดื่อง
Object Number 82-7-287D
Current Location Collections Storage
Culture Thai | Isaan
Provenience Thailand | Udon Thani | Ban Bun Mi
Site Name Ban Bun Mi | บ้านบุญมี
Date Made 1900-1981
Section Asian
Materials Wood
Subject Food Processing Tools and Equipment | Rice Production
Description

A large wooden vertical beam cut from a tree trunk that is used with a rice pounder pole (82-7-287B). It is buried halfway underground and used in conjunction with a pounder which swings and pounds the rice inside of a mortar.

Credit Line Thai-Lao Ethnographic Expedition, Joyce C. White, 1981
Other Number 212 - Field Number | 60 - Field No SF

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