BAKÈ or BEEN - Blaan Basket and Lid

Annotated text (Blaan Kastulen June, 2022)

BAKÈ or BEEN

Used for keeping cloth. There is a coconut shell ( TYUL) at the bottom. Note: This is now known as BEEN.
Made of  SLUAN or NITO.

Original Text

(From reference card of the Field Museum Catalogue Number: 129423) 

BAKEKE (or BAKOG from Field Museum online DB). 

Cylindrical basket of fine weave  with cover. Four strengthening pieces on sides. Cord carryiing band used by women for carrying cloths etc.

Note: Basket starts from cocoanut shell disk. Fine piece of work.

Field Museum Catalogue Number: 129423

(Note: all instances of either B'laan, Bilaan or Bila-an in the Mapping Database have been changed to Blaan after specific requests from the Blaan of Sarangani Province June 2022. This would differ from the terminology in the original record, which is considered derogatory by the Blaan.)

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Identifier

FIELD-1030996

Origin

Cultural affiliation: Blaan (Note: all instances of either B'laan, Bilaan or Bila-an in the Mapping Database have been changed to Blaan after specific requests from the Blaan of Sarangani Province June 2022. This would differ from the terminology in the original record, which is considered derogatory by the Blaan. Read more...)

Materials

Cord

Provenance

Acquired through Trade.

[1139] Fifth R.F. Cummings Ethnological Expedition to Philippines Islands - ethnology - Manobo, Blaan, and Divavaan Mandaya (Expedition) Accession number: 1139; Collected by Dr. Fay-Cooper Cole (Note: all instances of either B'laan, Bilaan or Bila-an in the Mapping Database have been changed to Blaan after specific requests from the Blaan of Sarangani Province June 2022. This would differ from the terminology in the original record, which is considered derogatory by the Blaan.)

Acquisition Date

1911

Display status

Not on display

Acknowledgements

; Courtesy of: E. E. McKenna. (c) Field Museum of Natural History. CC BY-NC 4.0. https://mm.fieldmuseum.org/9da8da8b-cb6e-4c74-901f-9094a5176982 (accessed on 29 Sep 2021)

Official Website

https://philippines.fieldmuseum.org/heritage/catalogue/1030996

Collection

The Field Museum of Natural History

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“BAKÈ or BEEN - Blaan Basket and Lid,” Mapping Philippine Material Culture, accessed April 20, 2024, https://philippinestudies.uk/mapping/items/show/18241.

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