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  mahk sum

 

Thailand

A mahk sum, this is the name used for the tray on which a phum mahk offering (fig.) is placed and which is decorated with four naga or naga-like figures. It consists of an ornamental phaan-like tray, reminiscent of a khan kaew, though square in shape and decorated with four naga-figures, one on each corner and whose tail ends meet at the top, forming a quadruple arch.