PLAITED RATTAN BASKET W/ CIRCULAR TOP AND SQUARE BOTTOM. BASKET SIDES MADE UP OF PARALLEL PIECE OF RATTAN WOVEN TOGETHER BY PERPENDICULAR BANDS OF RATTAN WEAVE. AT 6 PLACES AROUNDTHE BASKET'S FOUR SIDES THICKER PIECES OF RATTAN ARE WOVENONTO THE BASKET TO GIVE THE SIDES MORE SUPPORT. THE AREA BELOW THE BASKET'S RIM IS A DIAGONAL PLAITING WEAVE. THE RIM ITSELF IS COMPOSED OF 3 PIECES OF RATTAN BOUND TOGETHER. THE BASKET'S HANDLE IS MADE OF PLAITED FIBER MATERIAL AND IS TIEDTO ONE SIDE OF THE BASKET. ACCORDING TO ROSEMARY GIANNO (COLLECTOR) THIS BASKET IS "MAINLY [USED] AS A CONTAINER FOR STORAGE BUT ALSO FOR CARRYING THINGS. WORN ON THE BACK WITH STRAP BROUGHT OVER THE HEAD AND HELD DOWN WITH THE HAND OR OVER ONE SHOULDER. MADE OF RATTAN KANOL (UNIDENTIFIED) AND RATAN T?NGAL (UNIDENTIFIED). THE LATTER IS TWISTED." THIS BASKET WAS MADE FOR USE IN 1986 [?] AND WAS COLLECTED ON SEPTEMBER 11, 1987. SEE GIANNO 1986A AND 1986B IN ACCESSION FILE.
