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Agawin (d)
LOCAL NAME:
Agawin (d)
ENGLISH NAME:
Snail basket
DESCRIPTION:
A jar-shaped snail basket with a looped bamboo split on its body near the rim that serves as the slot for its strap.
COMMONLY USED BY/IN:
Bontoc
MATERIAL COMPOSITION:
Nito fiber, Wood
ITEM CONSTRUCTION:
Basket weaving
DIMENSIONS:
Body
Height: 9 cm
Base
Height:
Length: 4.5 cm
Width: 4.5 cm
Rim
Diameter: 4.9 cm
ACQUISITION YEAR:
2021
DISPLAY STATUS:
BURC
RESEARCH DATA:
The Cordilleran rice fields have an abundance of edible snails. According to Jenks (1905), the women in Bontoc wear a small, rounded basket called an agawin around their hips while working in the rice paddies to collect the snails as they go.
REFERENCES:
Jenks, Albert E.1905. The Bontoc Igorot. Manila: Bureau of Public Printing.
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