Object

Accession No

1998.18

Description

Basket; Container; Food Vessel - A transportation basket used by women for big loads of rice or sweet potatoes. Hand-woven from anes bamboo strips (Schizostachyum Lima), with bamboo rim and base. This type of women's transportation basket is the largest among those still being used in central Bontoc. When its load is heavy, women usually put the Luwa underneath it to make carrying it on their heads manageable - the Luwa has the advantage of having rattan handles. Contemporary (ie. 1996-1997). Purchased for CUMAA for 200 pesos (£6) from Mrs Julia Bete on 9.7.97. Mrs Bete bought this basket from a weaver in Can-Eo. They are renowned weavers in central Bontoc. (It was bought in November 1993). Bibliographic references: Jenks (1905), The Bontoc Igorot; Lane R. (1986), Philippine Basketry, Bookmark, Manila. Jenks (1905) notes that the tayaan is made only in Bontoc and Samoki.

Place

Asia; Southeast Asia; Philippines; Mountain Province; Bontoc; Can-Eo

Period

Source

Labrador, Ana Maria Theresa (Dr) [collector and donor]

Department

Anth

Reference Numbers

1998.18

Cultural Affliation

Bontok

Material

Cane; Basketry

Local Term

Tayaan

Measurements

Events

Context (CMS Context)
This was collected by Ana Labrador during the period August 1996 to July 1997, whilst she was doing fieldwork in the Bontoc region of the Philippines as part of the PhD. course at the University of Cambridge. Above information taken from notes made by Ana Labrador. See notes in archives.

Event Date 1/7/1998
Author: maa

Description (CMS Description)
A transportation basket used by women for big loads of rice or sweet potatoes. Hand-woven from anes bamboo strips (Schizostachyum Lima), with bamboo rim and base. This type of women's transportation basket is the largest among those still being used in central Bontoc. When its load is heavy, women usually put the Luwa underneath it to make carrying it on their heads manageable - the Luwa has the advantage of having rattan handles. Contemporary (ie. 1996-1997). Purchased for CUMAA for 200 pesos (£6) from Mrs Julia Bete on 9.7.97. Mrs Bete bought this basket from a weaver in Can-Eo. They are renowned weavers in central Bontoc. (It was bought in November 1993). Bibliographic references: Jenks (1905), The Bontoc Igorot; Lane R. (1986), Philippine Basketry, Bookmark, Manila. Jenks (1905) notes that the tayaan is made only in Bontoc and Samoki.
Event Date 1/7/1998
Author: maa

FM:118838