Description
A woven container with cover. It was used for storing husked or founded rice (from the mortar and pestle). Before the introduction of plastic and ceramic rice bins, each house owned on of this. The container was primarily used to protect the rice from unwanted insects and kept the desired rice moisture and taste for days. Each household would store pounded rice so it will be ready for cooking. Containers like these were kept inside the Ifugao traditional house. It was a practice to keep this container filled with some rice contents. In recent times in Ifugao and other parts of the Cordilleras, containers similar to this are woven and used as ceremonial gift to the newly married couple.