Sugar Mill Cog
82-7-176C
From: Thailand | Udon Thani | Ban Kham Phakkood | Ban Kham Ta Na
Curatorial Section: Asian
| Native Name | Hong Hip Oi | โฮงหีบอ้อย | Khrueang Hip Oi | เครื่องหีบอ้อย |
| Object Number | 82-7-176C |
| Current Location | Collections Storage |
| Culture | Thai | Isaan |
| Provenience | Thailand | Udon Thani | Ban Kham Phakkood | Ban Kham Ta Na |
| Site Name | Ban Kham Phakkood | บ้านคำผักกูด |
| Manufacture Location | Ban Kham Ta Na |
| Date Made | 1900-1981 |
| Section | Asian |
| Materials | Wood |
| Subject | Food Processing Tools and Equipment |
| Description | A cog used in a sugar cane mill. It is cylindrical in shape with blunt, wooden gearing below the midline and a tall colmun at the top with a hole. It works in conjunction with two other pieces 82-7-176A-B which are shorter. It was bought from Ban Kham Ta Na (บ้านคำตานา). It is used to crush the sugar cane. This is part of a household size sugar mill (82-7-176A-H), for the larger industrial size mill see 82-7-120A-G. |
| Height | 104.14 cm |
| Width | 30.48 cm |
| Credit Line | Thai-Lao Ethnographic Expedition, Joyce C. White, 1981 |
| Other Number | 183 - Field Number |
Report problems and issues to digitalmedia@pennmuseum.org.