Tools and Instrument

Khamplai is a low-height simple traditional wooden tool that the Dimasa people use daily.

Khailim is a traditional bamboo storage used by Dimasas to store clothes.

Thuri is a traditional wooden tool used for spinning and yarning of 'Khunthon' i.e., endi or eri silk yarn ball.

Shamtho is a wooden mortar traditionally made and used by the Dimasa people for grinding and crushing food with the help of a rimin i.e., a wooden pestle.

Khudrang is a spade with a sharp-edged, rectangular, metal blade and a long handle, used for digging or cutting earth, sand etc.

The name of the tool is ‘Rimin’ which is a long heavy wooden tool with a round end usually used as a pestle while grinding and crushing food items into powder in a Shamtho. The total height of  Rimin is usually 10 to 11 feet and weighs more than shamtho.

This image consists of three tools which are Thuri, Thakri and Khunthon. 'Khunthon' (Endi or Eri silk yarn ball) is produced by the use of 'Thakri and Thuri' i.e., by spinning and reeling out the silk thread.

This image consists of three tools which are Thuri, Thakri and Khunthon. 'Thakri' is a traditional wooden tool used for spinning and yarning of 'Khunthon' (Endi or Eri silk yarn ball)

Sanni is used for straining rice wine by the Dimasa people.