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Hape’eng
LOCAL NAME:
Hape’eng
ENGLISH NAME:
Traveling backpack
DESCRIPTION:
Hape’eng is a box-shape rattan pasiking with a lid, bamboo base and frame.
COMMONLY USED BY/IN:
Sagada, Mountain Province
MATERIAL COMPOSITION:
Rattan, Bamboo
ITEM CONSTRUCTION:
Basket weaving
DIMENSIONS:
Lid:
Diameter: 21.5 cm x 40 cm
Height: 15 cm
Body:
Height: 35.5 cm
Base:
Height: 2.5 cm
Length: 26 cm
Width: 22 cm
Rim:
Diameter: 13 cm x 36.5 cm
Strap:
Length: 79 cm
Bamboo frame/arc:
Height: 47 cm
Length: 115 cm
ACQUISITION YEAR:
2021
RESEARCH DATA:
This type of pasiking is called hape’eng, a box-shaped woven backpack. Pasiking is the general term for a woven backpack in Northern Luzon used mainly for the storage of food, belongings, and other implements.
REFERENCES:
Museo Kordilyera (2023). Pasiking: Native Backpacks of the Luzon Cordillera. Calendar and exhibition. Baguio City: University of the Philippines Baguio
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