basket

Catalog Number	114379
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, fiber, cotton, string, feather, cord

Catalog Description

Name: Basket. Squarish, pliable body. Of woven split palm leaf. Edge stitched with narrow split bark. Ornamented with short fiber strings, bound with red cotton thread. Short feathers attached to string. Tying strings of thin twisted fiber cordage. Baskets fitted with small cords, which passes 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.