The most important piece of basket work is the ki-ma’-ta, the man’s transportation basket, made of a’-nis bamboo; it is shown in Pl.  CXX.  It is made by many pueblos, and is found throughout the area.  It consists of two baskets joined firmly to a light, wooden crossbar called “pa’-tang.”  The entire ki-ma’-ta weighs about 5 pounds, and with it the Igorot carries loads weighing as much as 100 pounds.

The man has another basket called “ko-chuk-kod’,” which is used frequently by him, also sometimes by women, for carrying earth when building the sementeras.  The ko-chuk-kod’ is made in Bontoc and Samoki.  It is not shown in any of the illustrations, but is quite similar to the tay-ya-an’, or large transportation basket of the woman, yet is slimmer.  It is also similar in shape and size to the woman’s transportation basket in Benguet which is worn on the back supported by a headband.

The woman has two important a’-nis bamboo transportation baskets, which are constantly employed.  One called “lu’-wa,” the shallow lower basket shown in Pl.  LXXV, is made only in Samoki; the other tay-ya-an’, shown in Pl.  XCIII, holds about three pecks.  It is made only in Bontoc and Samoki.

Ag-ka-win’ is the small rump basket almost invariably worn by women when working in the irrigated sementera.  It is of fi’-ka bamboo, is made commonly in Bontoc and Samoki, and occasionally in Tulubin.  The field toiler often carries her lunch to the field in the ag-ka-win’, and when she returns the basket is usually filled with crustaceans and mollusks picked up in the wet sementera or gathered in the river, or with weeds or grasses to be cooked as “greens.”

The woman’s rain protector, a scoop-shaped affair about 4 feet long, called “tug-wi’,” is said to be made only in Ambawan and Barlig.  It consists of a double weave of coarse splints, between which is a waterproof layer of a large palm leaf.  It is worn over the head, and is an excellent protection from the rain.  It may well have been suggested to primitive man by the banana leaf, which I have repeatedly seen carried over the head and back by the Igorot in many sections of northern Luzon during the rains.  I have also seen it used many times in Manila by Tagalog who were caught out in a storm without an umbrella.  The rain protector is shown lying in front of the house in Pl.  XXXVII.

Tak-o-chug’ is the man’s dirt scoop made of a’-nis bamboo.  It resembles the tug-wi’ in shape, but is only about 1 1/2 feet long.  It is employed in handling earth, and conveying the dirt to the ko-chuk-kod’, or dirt transportation basket.

A basket very similar to tak-o-chug’, but called “sug-fi’,” is employed by the woman in her housework in handling vegetables.  It is shown in Pl.  Xciv, containing camote parings.

The to’-pil is the man’s “dinner pail.”  It is made of a’-nis bamboo, is a covered basket, and is constructed to contain from one and a half to three quarts of solid food.  In it men and boys carry their lunch to the fields.  All the pueblos make the to’-pil.