Description

Traditional use:
Tambok or traditional Iban seed-baskets were used to temporarily store seeds (mostly rice) prior to sowing the seeds in a newly prepared temporary rice swidden (shifting cultivation).

These were either slung over the shoulder or worn around one's waist.

Contemporary use:
A fine, scaled down seedbasket made of finely split bamboo and edged with rattan bindings. There is a contemporary pattern woven on the top edge of the basket. A traditionally processed bark strap is attached.

Artisan: Manoi Jarau & others
Ethnic group: Iban (Dayak)

Dimensions: 19 cm (h) x 11 cm (l) x 11 cm (w)
Width of strips: 0.15 cm
Material: split bamboo, rattan & tree bark fibre for the handle

Source: Seri Bemban Handkraf
Village: Kg. Entayan Keropok in Serian, Sarawak (East Malaysia)

© Pictures by Intan Shafinaz Suhaimi