Context (CMS Context)
See de Souza’s report in UCMAA paper archives for further information about this object and its social context, together with fieldwork photographs relating to the object. The following information is summarized from the report: (bio): Berhilyo and Konsita Nyebes are a husband and wife, both originally from Palanan.The darker basketry material is ‘lukman’, the paler is rattan. De Souza notes: ‘This basket is one of the only locally handmade objects for which the Agta depend on a Pute for crafting...they are very good for carrying products collected in the forest or for belongings for travelling. Only this couple manufactures it...people walk long distances to buy their “alats”. I saw them all around the place, hanging outside of houses in different sizes, but always the same shape’.
Event Date 27/5/2003
Author: maa

Description (CMS Description)
‘Backpack’ basket. Deep, loosely woven basket with the rim raised into a point at each side, each point finished with a loop. A handle made of rubber-backed cotton cloth is threade through these loops, and attached to the bottom of the basket at each end, using fibre string. The basket is decorated with three bands of darker, finer cane.
Event Date 27/5/2003
Author: maa

Description ()
Black rubber and textile handle starting to fray. Rubber band degrading.
Plastics Project 07.04.2017 R Ward
Event Date 7/4/2017
Author: Rhian Ward