basket

Catalog Number	114378
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, cordage
Catalog Description	Name: Carrying basket. Squarish, pliable body. Woven of wide split palm leaf. Edge stitched with narrow split bark. Ornamented with strips of red cotton. 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.