All Bontok basketry is made by the menfolk, generally while they are gossiping and smoking in the fawi or pabafunan. Two types of bamboo are used: a'nis, a local variety, and the most common, and fi-ka, imported from the Southwest. As with other items, there are certain villages that tend to specialize in basketry manufacture.

 

The Bontok construct baskets of bamboo, abaca, and rattan. No surface decoration is used beyond the natural pattern of the weave.

Bontok storage baskets are generally narrow towards the mouth and bulge at the waist.The shape given to rice baskets supposedly mimics that of ancient Chinese porcelain jars, which are considered precious. Like the Ifugao kalbong and ulbong, these are single-rod coiled baskets.
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The black color of Bontok storage baskets, like that of the Ifugao's, results from the special heat-conserving construction of the houses. There are no windows, and the smoke from the hearth tends to permeate the small structure, resulting in a sooty black finish on many objects that remain indoors.
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Bontok lunch basket, rattan and wood.

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the lid is used as a plate

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Because of the rugged terrain, the Bontok carry most of their produce and equipment to field or village on their backs, shoulders, or heads (see backpack page). Women may employ two open-topped square or round rattan containers called tallak and lavfa which are carred on the head; the latter is smaller but deeper than the former. Men use a back basket called the pasking which has two carrying straps attached on one side. They may also carry a shoulder pole with a lavfa at either end; this is called a khimata.

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Hukkup individual's lunch basket, twilled bamboo and wood, with abaca lacing.

The lid is used as a plate

Lunch boxes are an important item, and come in many sizes and shapes
Giyag or akob "eating basket." This contains cooked victuals for the entire family while at work in the fields or away from the village. Rattan and bamboo.
Lunch basket, bamboo.
Other miscellaneous baskets
This rattan item is catalogued as a "market basket," but it may also be for snail collecting.
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Fa-wi chicken (formerly skull) carrying basket
Tallak field basket with tump line for attaching to forehead.
Individual's lunch carrier, twilled abaca. Baskets like this are often made with "secret compartments" for betel, etc.
Carrying baskets
Lavfa, a small round carrying basket. Another version is made with a square base.