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Catalog Number 114387
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, cordage
Catalog Description Name: Basket. Squarish pliable body. Of woven split palm leaf. Edge stitched with split bark. Tying string of thin 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.