Name/Title

Basket

Entry/Object ID

28.4.3

Description

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: Katu

Made/Created

Date made

circa Feb 2010

Place

Location

Ban Houayhoun, Lao Ngarm district, Salavan province.

Dimensions

Height

56.4 cm

Width

35.7 cm