basket

Catalog Number	114391
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, seed (Coix lacryma-jobi / Job's tears)

Catalog Description

Name: Basket. Squarish pliable body. Of woven split palm leaf. Edge stitched with split bark. Remnants of ornamentation of strings of Job’s tears. Carrying string 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.