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Chi’kon

LOCAL NAME:

Chi’kon

ENGLISH NAME:

Potholder

DESCRIPTION:

A circular plaited pot holder made from bamboo strips.

COMMONLY USED BY/IN:

Kalinga

MATERIAL COMPOSITION:

Bamboo splits, Rattan

ITEM CONSTRUCTION:

Basket weaving

DIMENSIONS:

Body:
Height: 4.5 cm

Top rim:
Diameter: 13.2 cm

Bottom rim:
10 cm

ACQUISITION YEAR:

2021

DISPLAY STATUS:

BURC

RESEARCH DATA:

Bamboo strips are plaited with each other to create this potholder. As a utilitarian object, this kind is mostly seen in households in the Cordillera and Ilocos region.

REFERENCES:

Pazon, Andy Nestor Ryan and Del Rio, Joana Marie P. (2018). Materials, Functions and Weaving Patterns of Philippine Indigenous Baskets.

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