Aggawel /Agkid
LOCAL NAME:
Aggawel /Agkid
ENGLISH NAME:
Snail basket
DESCRIPTION:
A woven twined basket with an elongated neck. It is a storage basket designed to contain fishes and shellfish caught and collected from the stream and rice paddies.
COMMONLY USED BY/IN:
Bontoc
MATERIAL COMPOSITION:
Bamboo, Rattan, Nito fibres
ITEM CONSTRUCTION:
Basket weaving, Twined construction
DIMENSIONS:
Body:
Height: 12.5cm
Base:
Diameter: 10.9cm
Rim:
Diameter: 7.3cm
ACQUISITION YEAR:
2021
DISPLAY STATUS:
BURC
RESEARCH DATA:
According to Lane (1986), women in all parts of Cordillera carry small baskets suspended from the waist that serve as a container for snails and other small animals collected or trapped in the fields. Moreover, twined baskets are for advanced levels of weaving because of its intricate method.
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