Context (CMS Context)
The Selako are officially classified as ‘Bidayuh’ in Sarawak despite speaking a Malayic (rather than Bidayuhic) dialect and originating in a different area. The Selako identity is still very salient, although they usually concede to being ‘Bidayuh’ too. Basket is probably more decorative but can hold rice and other items.
Event Date 1/6/2006
Author: maa

Description (CMS Description)
Small tightly woven basket made of bemban batu, rattan (wi yayt, wi gangong), sago skin and stripped bark.With circular top and square base, with rattan supports (pengayu, or ‘bones’, made of wi gangong). Oblique bemban weave; 2:2 base and 1:1 sides. Finished at the top (mo’ot / nuha, mouth) with two additional rattan bands (wi yayat). Components lashed together by fine rattan strips. Tarap, or bark carrying strap attached to an extra rattan band (kurami, ‘ear’) 1/3 of the way down the main body. Back board made of sago skin (amung). Purple designs (batig) probably depict a snake and the paku fern (common Sarawakian motifs), although the elderly maker was unsure of their identity, having reproduced what she learned.
Event Date 1/6/2006
Author: maa