DepartmentAsia
basket
Namebasket
CultureIfugao People
Place madePhilippines, Southeast Asia, Asia
MediumRattan, bamboo
DimensionsOverall: 33 7/16 x 22 1/4 x 21 3/4 in. (85 x 56.5 x 55.2 cm)
Credit LineGift of Clare Brett Smith
Object numberA.2012.3.23
DescriptionTall, dark square basket on four legs widens outward from top half to rim. The legs are woven into the body and form the corners of the bottom half of the basket. These are lashed with plaited splints to a square framework around the basket at the center that bends outwards at "waist." Top rim of bamboo rods connected to framework corners and tied to basket top in two places near center of each side. Basket top decoratively plaited along top edge.
