basket

Catalog Number	114392
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), cordage

Catalog Description

Name: Basket. Squarish, pliable body. Of woven split palm leaf. Rim stitched with split bark. Corners ornamented with strings of Job's tears. Carrying and fastening string of 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.