Name/Title
BasketEntry/Object ID
28.4.3Description
Katu large basket made of bamboo (mai pai), rattan, woven by hand. Square base, round top, rim using rattan to braidse the edges, top part wove ikat pattern and lower wove wide pattern. the base are made of four piece square wood that had attaIt to the bottom by rattan. It took 8 days to make. Katu people carry it on their backs and use it to carry tools for the forest and rice fields and some animals from farm.Collection
Austro-Asiatic: KatuMade/Created
Date made
circa Feb 2010Place
Location
Ban Houayhoun, Lao Ngarm district, Salavan province.Dimensions
Height
56.4 cmWidth
35.7 cm