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Kulikog (f)

LOCAL NAME:

Kulikog (f)

ENGLISH NAME:

Roasted rice (cho-om) container basket

DESCRIPTION:

A lidless, triangular rattan container basket. The tip of the basket serves as the mouth/opening, the base as the storage area, and the sides as its handles.

COMMONLY USED BY/IN:

Bontoc, Kankana-ey, Mountain Province, Ifugao

MATERIAL COMPOSITION:

Rattan

ITEM CONSTRUCTION:

Basket weaving

DIMENSIONS:

Mouth/opening:
Height: 14cm

Body:
Height: 6 cm
Length: 15 cm
Width: 6.4 cm

Rim:
Diameter: 3 cm x 4 cm

ACQUISITION YEAR:

2021

DISPLAY STATUS:

BURC

RESEARCH DATA:

The kulikog is commonly used by girls as a container for cho-om/chu-um (pinipig in Tagalog) or roasted green rice (Bacdayan, 1998; Hamilton, 1998; Yuchengco Museum, 2012) and is considered the most unique of basketry shapes in the Cordilleras (Yuchengco Museum, 2012).

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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