DepartmentAsia
Pole baskets
NameBaskets
CultureIgorot Peoples
Place madePhilippines, Southeast Asia, Asia
MediumWood, rattan
DimensionsOverall: 10 7/8 x 54 1/8 x 15 7/8 in. (27.6 x 137.5 x 40.3 cm)
Credit LineGift of Clare Brett Smith
Object numberA.2012.3.42
DescriptionDark brown stained pole with attached baskets, one at each end. The pole flares to a wide center. The baskets are lashed to wood verticals from pole end and at inner side. Similar uprights on other sides provide the other two feet on which each basket stands. Baskets are rattan herringbone weave with round openings and square bottoms, held in place by bent vines to which they are lashed. Wrapped at top edge with bent vines.
