basket

Catalog Number	114377
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, cotton, seed (Coix lacryma-jobi / Job's tears), grass, string

Catalog Description

Name: Basket. Squarish, pliable body. Of woven, split palm leaf. Rim stitched with split bark. Ornamented with strips of colored cotton and string of Job's tears, alternating with tubular beads of grass. Ordinary tying string. 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.