top of page

Hu-op (d)

LOCAL NAME:

Hu-op (d)

ENGLISH NAME:

Container basket

DESCRIPTION:

A rattan basket container with a bamboo rectangular base and lid. The rattan lid of this basket is reinforced with bamboo strip framing for a firmer structure.

COMMONLY USED BY/IN:

Ifugao

MATERIAL COMPOSITION:

Rattan, Bamboo

ITEM CONSTRUCTION:

Basket weaving

DIMENSIONS:

Lid:
Height: 3 cm
Length: 31.3 cm
Width: 31.3 cm

Body:
Height: 8.5 cm

Base:
Height: 2.5 cm
Length: 25 cm
Width: 24.5 cm

Rim:
Length: 30.8 cm
Width: 30 cm

ACQUISITION YEAR:

2021

DISPLAY STATUS:

BURC

RESEARCH DATA:

Hu-op is either a square-shaped or rectangular basket of Ifugao that is commonly used as a serving container for cooked rice in households (Hamilton, 1998). Another special role of this container basket is for use during an Ifugao couple’s engagement process. During the engagement ceremony, different goods, such as areca nuts, betel leaves, cooked chicken, and cooked rice, are put inside a hu-op and presented by the prospective groom’s family to the prospective wife’s family (Hamilton, 1998). In many cases, cash is also included in the basket. Hu-op then becomes the new couple’s property, wherein it will be used as the household’s basket for serving cooked rice (Hamilton, 1998).

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.

bottom of page