Kulikog (c)

A kulikog with a human head figurine lid

A closer look at the basket’s upper part showing its lid and tail

A closer look at the basket’s lower part showing its plaited construction

LOCAL NAME:

Kulikog (c)

ENGLISH NAME:

Roasted rice (cho-om) container basket

DESCRIPTION:

A rattan container basket with a horn-like protruding opening at its two ends. The lid of this container basket resembles the anthropomorphic wood carving of the human head that serves as a lid. It has a rattan holder attached on its two horns/ends.

COMMONLY USED BY/IN:

Bontoc, Kankana-ey, Mountain Province, Ifugao

MATERIAL COMPOSITION:

Rattan

ITEM CONSTRUCTION:

Basket weaving

DIMENSIONS:

Lid:
Height: 5.5 cm

Tail:
Height: 2.5 cm

Mouth/opening:
Height: 2.5 cm

Body:
Height: 9.8 cm

Base:
Height: 0.6 cm
Length: 7.5 cm
Width: 5.3 cm

Rim:
Diameter: 2.5 cm

ACQUISITION YEAR:

2021

DISPLAY STATUS:

BURC

RESEARCH DATA:

Kulikog/kalikog, also tuklobaw, is a woven rattan basket, swaybacked-shape with one or two mouths/openings, common to the Bontoc and Kankana-ey of the Mountain Province, and also in Ifugao. For the Bontoc, this is a container for rice seeds that will be planted in the next planting season.

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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