Thai Folk Utensils in the Past: Analysis Types and Wisdoms of How to Make and How to Use the Utensils

Abstract

The objectives of the study were to analyze types and to analyze wisdoms of how to make and how to use 135 traditional Thai utensils classified and collected in the Thai folk encyclopedia. The findings were found there were two types of appliances classified as 100 tools (74.07 percent) and 35 utensils (25.93 percent). The Thai wisdom of how to make and how to use the traditional appliances was found there were 57 types (42.22 percent) of 10 mechanisms consisting of pulling, pushing, squeezing, grabbing, beating, beating, knocking, dragging, rubbing, pivoting, swinging, stomping on people, animals, and objects. The wisdom of how to use 19 types of appliances by knitting, weaving, weaving, carving and molding which can be calculated as 14.09 percent and also found 15 mechanisms of using bamboo, wood, animal traps as 11.11 percent. There were 12 mechanisms of using wood or steel to make pointed ends tied with jute, rattan and wire tied together calculated as 8.89 percent, 5 mechanisms of scooping, watering, filling, and 5 traditional ones by holing, squaring, or hammering basketry or metal for making snacks through holes or using animal trap representing as 3.70 percent. Additionally, there were 4 traditional mechanisms of using lac and resin coating the containers showing as 2.96 percent whilst there were 3 types of mechanism of using palm leaves, banana leaves, and nipa leaves to block the rain and to shelter from the sunlight. In addition, the result was demonstrated other 3 types of traditional mechanisms of using bamboo to create various shapes to be clothes, to contain dried foods, valuable things, or documents as 2.22 percent.