| 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. |