RESEARCH DATA:

This is a miniature version of the tupil. A tupil is a container basket common to Bontoc, Mountain Province, used to carry cooked food to the field. Also referred to as the Bontoc ``lunch box" (Hamilton, 1998), during ritual occasions, this basket is also used to transport food to kinsmen who could not attend (Bacdayan, 2023). It has a lid, base, and rim that are square-shaped. Its lid is secured using cords attached to the two sides of the lid and base (Bacdayan, 1998). Due to its relatively small shape, a tupil is used as a lunchbox that could contain food for an individual that could last for a day (Hamilton, 1998). In Bontoc, Mountain Province, tupil is also used as a ritual basket along with lebkan, a rectangular rice mortar (Museo Kordilyera, 2023).

REFERENCES:

Bacdayan, A. S. (1998). Baskets among the Tanulong and Fidelisan Peoples of Northern Sagada. In Basketry of the Luzon Cordillera. Los Angeles: UCLA Fowler Museum of Cultural History.

Hamilton, R. W. (1998). Catalog of the Exhibition. In Basketry of the Luzon Cordillera. Los Angeles: UCLA Fowler Museum of Cultural History.

Museo Kordilyera. (2023, May 19). Tupil. https://museokordilyera.upb.edu.ph/museum-collections/tupil/