Description :Tuichangshu is a typical form of husking lever used extensively by the Kukis of Manipur. This particular lever is automatically operated by the flow of water. The wooden pounder locally known as Thi-Shum is around 12 ft. long which has a pestle set at one end while this other end has a cup shaped dugout structure. These cup shaped structures receive the flow of water dropped with great force out of a wooden canal to move it up & down. The whole system of this husking lever is established in a small shed in such a manner that the cup shaped extension of the wooden husking implement is left behind the rear wall. A mortar carved in a block of stone is embedded on the floor of the shed to a measured distance where the jark of pestle attached with lever could be harnessed. For operation this husking lever the water of running stream is allow to fall on cup shaped structure of the lever. When it receives full volume of water it immediately falls down & simultaneously it rises up by throwing the water down side. The continuous process of trading the lever up & down enables to work it as a husking implement.
Received From :Indira Gandhi Rashtriya Manav Sangrahalaya
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Manipur
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2019-08-02T13:09:19Z
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2019-08-02T13:09:19Z
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Tuichangshu is a typical form of husking lever used extensively by the Kukis of Manipur. This particular lever is automatically operated by the flow of water. The wooden pounder locally known as Thi-Shum is around 12 ft. long which has a pestle set at one end while this other end has a cup shaped dugout structure. These cup shaped structures receive the flow of water dropped with great force out of a wooden canal to move it up & down. The whole system of this husking lever is established in a small shed in such a manner that the cup shaped extension of the wooden husking implement is left behind the rear wall. A mortar carved in a block of stone is embedded on the floor of the shed to a measured distance where the jark of pestle attached with lever could be harnessed. For operation this husking lever the water of running stream is allow to fall on cup shaped structure of the lever. When it receives full volume of water it immediately falls down & simultaneously it rises up by throwing the water down side. The continuous process of trading the lever up & down enables to work it as a husking implement.
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