Trap Item Number: Ia29 from the MOA: University of British Columbia
Description
Tall, square-bottomed, jar-like basket. Rigid structure, square at the bottom with tall rectangular shaped body. Shoulders slope inwards to cylindrical neck which extends upwards approximately. 8 cm. Body is composed of vertical slats placed in parallel order around the structure. Slats measure 1.5 cm. in width and are placed approximately. 0.3 cm. apart. Slats are twined together at base, center and shoulders of body. They taper at shoulders and continue to lip of neck. Lip is finished with a herring bone stitch called 'iyugu'. Base is supported with rattan foot ring.
History Of Use
Trap for shrimp.
Item History
- Made in Lucena, Philippines
- Owned by Republic of the Philippines (Board of Investments)
- Owned by Asian Centre U.B.C. Asian Centre before July 30, 1979
- Received from Asian Centre U.B.C. Asian Centre (Donor) on July 30, 1979
What
- Name
- Trap
- Identification Number
- Ia29
- Type of Item
- trap
- Material
- bamboo grass ? or rattan ?
- Manufacturing Technique
- twined and coiled
- Overall
- height 53.0 cm, width 25.5 cm, depth 25.0 cm
Who
- Culture
- Tagalog
- Previous Owner
- Republic of the Philippines (Board of Investments) and Asian Centre U.B.C. Asian Centre
- Received from
- Asian Centre U.B.C. Asian Centre (Donor)
Where
- Holding Institution
- MOA: University of British Columbia
- Made in
- Lucena, Philippines
When
- Ownership Date
- before July 30, 1979
- Acquisition Date
- on July 30, 1979
Other
- Item Classes
- basketry
- Condition
- good
- Accession Number
- 0545/0002