Gubu
LOCAL NAME:
Gubu
ENGLISH NAME:
Rice wine dipper
DESCRIPTION:
A cylinder rice wine dipper with two (2) bamboo wine catcher. It serves as a strainer when placed inside the ceramic jar with rice wine.
COMMONLY USED BY/IN:
Ifugao
MATERIAL COMPOSITION:
Rattan, Bamboo
ITEM CONSTRUCTION:
Basket weaving
DIMENSIONS:
Container:
Height: 21.5 cm
Diameter: 4.1 cm x 6 cm
Height: 22 cm
Width: 5.3cm
Dipper:
Side A’s height: 17.5 cm
Side A’s base (diameter): 2.2 cm
Side A’s rim (diameter): 2.1 cm
ACQUISITION YEAR:
2021
DISPLAY STATUS:
BURC
RESEARCH DATA:
Rice wine is a significant part of the Ifugao rituals and agricultural festivities, rice beer is made from glutinous rice and yeast. As such, medium ceramic jars are used as a container for the bayah (rice wine), and the dipper is used to gather and pour rice wine into smaller containers.
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