Farming Tool
82-7-163
From: Thailand | Pukendon
Curatorial Section: Asian
| Native Name | Sua | ซัวะ | Mai Sua | ไม้ซัวะ | Siam Dai Ya | เสียมดายหญ้า |
| Object Number | 82-7-163 |
| Current Location | Collections Storage |
| Culture | Thai | Isaan |
| Provenience | Thailand | Pukendon |
| Date Made | 1900-1981 |
| Section | Asian |
| Materials | Wood | Metal |
| Subject | Agricultural Tools and Equipment |
| Description | A farming tool with a long wooden handle with a metal piece attached by small nails. The flat metal blade (half oval, straight near handle) is attached to the handle by a cylindrical metal shaft. This tool is used to break the earth and to cut weeds in corn fields using a shallow probing motion. This is not used in the Ban Chiang area. It may have come from Phu Kra Dueng (ภูกระดึง), Loei Province (จังหวัดเลย). |
| Length | 102.25 cm |
| Width | 16 cm |
| Credit Line | Thai-Lao Ethnographic Expedition, Joyce C. White, 1981 |
| Other Number | 058 - Field Number |
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