Ancient Rice Measurer (Rice Gauge)

This is not a normal steel drum, it was used by the rice seller to measure rice in the ancient time. Filled up the drum is 1 gantang (Malay unit measurement) of rice.

In measuring amount by volume, the common unit is gantang, which is equivalent to an Imperial gallon. A gantang can be divided into four chupak. Chupak can be further divided into four chentong, and two chentong makes up a leng.

Chentong is also normally used only in certain areas, and so eight leng makes up a chupak.

When used to measure unhusked rice, a gantang weights about 4 to 5 lb.