Water Bucket
82-7-20
From: Thailand | Udon Thani | Ban Phon Sung
Curatorial Section: Asian
| Native Name | Pom | ป่อม | Khu Pom | คุป่อม | Thang Tak Nam | ถังตักน้ำ |
| Object Number | 82-7-20 |
| Current Location | Collections Storage |
| Culture | Thai | Isaan |
| Provenience | Thailand | Udon Thani | Ban Phon Sung |
| Site Name | Ban Phon Sung | บ้านโพนสูง |
| Date Made | 1900-1981 |
| Section | Asian |
| Materials | Namman Yaang Khii Sii | Bamboo | Straw | Mud |
| Technique | Woven |
| Subject | Container | Transportation Artifacts |
| Description | A bullet shaped basket woven with bamboo fibers (mai phai ban ไม้ไผ่บ้าน) which is coated with a resin-based material from a plant (nam man yang khi siน้ำมันยางขี้ซี ) which looks like mud. The basket has a bamboo handle and is used to lift water from wells. |
| Height | 48 cm |
| Outside Diameter | 23 cm |
| Credit Line | Thai-Lao Ethnographic Expedition, Joyce C. White, 1981 |
| Other Number | 126 - Field Number |
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