Kulikog (b)

A kulikog with double-headed chicken wooden lid

A closer look at the basket’s two-headed chicken wooden lid

A closer look at the basket’s body. It has a plaited construction

LOCAL NAME:

Kulikog (b)

ENGLISH NAME:

Roasted rice (cho-om) container basket

DESCRIPTION:

A triangular rattan container basket. The tip of the basket serves as the mouth/opening, the base (which is also the largest part) as the storing area, and the sides as the handles. Its lid resembles a two-headed chicken facing away from each other carved on wood.

COMMONLY USED BY/IN:

Bontoc, Kankana-ey, Mountain Province, Ifugao

MATERIAL COMPOSITION:

Rattan

ITEM CONSTRUCTION:

Basket weaving

DIMENSIONS:

Lid:
Height: 6 cm

Mouth/opening:
Height: 14 cm
Body:
Height: 6.8 cm

Base:
Height: 0.8 cm
Length: 10 cm
Width: 6.4 cm

Rim:
Diameter: 3.5 cm

ACQUISITION YEAR:

2021

DISPLAY STATUS:

BURC

RESEARCH DATA:

This particular rattan kulikog is called the sinanmanok as it has a two-headed lid that resembles rooster heads facing away from each other. Just like other kulikog/kalikog, it is triangular in shape with one rim. Kulikog or sinanmanok is common to the Bontoc and Kankana-ey of the Mountain Province and also in Ifugao.

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.

Yuchengco Museum. (2012). Eloquent Simplicity: In Wood and Fiber. Exhibition catalogue.

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