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Akopan (n)

LOCAL NAME:

Akopan (n)

ENGLISH NAME:

Women’s jewellery container

DESCRIPTION:

A small container basket made of rattan. It has a round lid with a miniature Ifugao hagabi (prestige bench) carved on wood that serves as its handle.

COMMONLY USED BY/IN:

Ifugao

MATERIAL COMPOSITION:

Rattan

ITEM CONSTRUCTION:

Basket weaving

DIMENSIONS:

Lid:
Diameter: 7.3 cm
Height: 1 cm

Handle:
Length: 5.8 cm
Height: 1.4 cm

Body:
Height: 2.3 cm

Base:
Diameter: 6.2 cm

Rim:
Diameter: 6.7 cm

ACQUISITION YEAR:

2021

DISPLAY STATUS:

BURC

RESEARCH DATA:

A rattan basket is used as a tiny container for beads and needles used in jewellery making and stitching textiles, respectively. It is constructed using the coiling technique, which is known locally as the binali style.

REFERENCES:

Anderson, E. M., & van den Muijzenberg, O. D. (2010). In the shape of tradition: Indigenous art of the northern Philippines. Leiden: Zwartenkot Art Books.

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