Knapsack
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Knapsack, carrying basket ("bango"); made of rattan and tree bark; rectangular basket plaited of tree bark with rattan frame around bottom; braided bark straps to go over shoulders attached on each side to bottom and top corner; water-proof flap of tree bark with loose fibres on oustide folded over top of basket. 19thC(late)-20thC(early)
Curators comments:
This type of knapsack was traditionally used only by men, and was used either a) by the leader of a pig-hunting party and used to bring the dismembered quarry back to the village; b) used in a curing or status-display ceremonial; or c) used to carry a cloth shirt and tools to the fields.
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Date
19thC(late)-20thC(early)
Identifier
As1993,22.1
Origin
Ifugao, Made in: Luzon
Materials
Rattan; bark, plaited (basketry); braided
Physical Dimensions
Height: 22 centimetres; Weight: 1.72 kilograms; Width: 60 centimetres; Depth: 43 centimetres
Acquisition Date
1993
Display status
Not on display
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“Knapsack,” Mapping Philippine Material Culture, accessed May 4, 2024, https://philippinestudies.uk/mapping/items/show/28531.
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