Katu three sections basket: Origformat: Digital Image
Katu three sections basket

Origformat: Digital Image

Name/Title

Basket

Entry/Object ID

28.4.4

Description

Katu three section basket (tee rek), wove of bamboo (mai lai), rattan by hand. The middle section is heigher then the others. Vertical wove of mai lai and horizontal wove of rattan. Basket height is 33.1, four feet, 3 cm, made of bamboo stick and strusts up to the top rim braide by rattan. Two straps made of rattan bend from the higher section to the lower. Worn on the back. Used to carry knives, tools for the forest and some animals from farm. (Rattan was bought from TaTeng district).

Collection

Austro-Asiatic: Katu

Made/Created

Place

Location

Ban Phasome, Xekong province.

Dimensions

Height

28.8 cm

Width

71.4 cm