basket
Catalog Number | 114373 |
Literary Reference | , 13839 |
Cultural Affiliation | Ilongot |
Continent | Asia |
Country | Philippines |
Region | Luzon Island |
Island | Philippine Islands |
Province | Cagayan River |
Materials | vegetal material; palm leaf, bark, seed (Coix lacryma-jobi / Job's tears), cordage, worsted |
Catalog Description | Name: Basket. Of woven split palm leaf. Squarish, pliable body. Rim ornamented with stitchings of narrow split, dark bark, and with pendants of string of Job's tears and thin cordage wrapped with thin worsted thread. Tying string of twisted fiber cordage. Baskets fitted with small cords, which pass around the waist, are carried at the side or against one hip. In them the women carry seed rice at planting time, or sugar cane and the like when on the trail. |