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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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