Grater
82-7-141
From: Thailand | Northeast Thailand
Curatorial Section: Asian
| Native Name | Kadai |
| Object Number | 82-7-141 |
| Current Location | Collections Storage |
| Culture | Thai | Isaan |
| Provenience | Thailand | Northeast Thailand |
| Date Made | 1900-1981 |
| Section | Asian |
| Materials | Wood | Metal |
| Description | Flat wood, narrower near one end. A flat trapezoidal piece attached perpendicular to large piece. Thin serrated curved metal piece nailed to narrow end. Often used to grate coconuts. Called kratai khood maprow, กระต่ายขูดมะพร้าว, in Thai. A person sits on the main plank and uses the metal piece at the end to process a coconut. Traditional coconut graters like this come in many shapes and sizes, usually animals. |
| Height | 9.7 cm |
| Length | 53.5 cm |
| Width | 7 cm |
| Credit Line | Thai-Lao Ethnographic Expedition, Joyce C. White, 1981 |
| Other Number | 261 - Other Number |
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