#paperback THE COLLECTIONS OF THE UCLA FOWLER MUSEUM OF CULTURAL HISTORY INCLUDE NEARLY EIGHT HUNDRED ITEMS MADE BY THE VARIOUS PEOPLES INHABITING LUZON'S CORDILLERA CENTRAL OR "CENTRAL MOUNTAIN RANGE. OF THESE, ROUGHLY ONE QUARTER ARE BASKETS OR RELTATED ITEMS--TRAYS, HATS, FISH TRAPS AND SO FORTH -- MADE WITH BASKETRY MATERIALS AND TECHNIQUES. WHILE OTHER TYPES OF OBJECTS, NOTABLY THE BULUL RICE GOD FIGURES OF THE IFUGAO AND THE PATTERNED BLANKETS OF THE TINGUIAN, OR ITNEG PEOPLE HAVE RECEIVED MUCH MORE ATTENTION FROM ART HISTORIANS, THE HUMBLE, BUT UBIQUITOUS, ITEMS OF BASKETRY PERHAPS BEST CAPTURE IN MATERIAL FORM THE UNIQUE WAYS OF LIFE OF THE AGRICULTRUAL PEOPLES OF THE CORDILLERA." **ACKNOWLEDGEMENT** THIS VOLUME AND THE EXHIBITION IT ACCOMPANIES STAND AS A TRIBUTE TO THE GENEROSITY AND CONNOISSEURSHIP OF HELEN AND DR. ROBERT KUHN. THE KUHNS HAVE BEEN CONSISTENT SUPPORTERS AND GREAT FRIENDS OF THE FOWLER MUSEUM OF CULTURAL HISTORY SINCE ITS INCEPTION MANY DIVERSE PORTIONS OF OUR COLLECTIONS, RANGING FROM#PHILIPPINE BASKETS TO AFRICAN MUSICAL INSTRUMENTS, HAVE BEEN IMMEASURABLY STRENGTHENED THROUT THE KUHN'S INVOLVEMENT. THAT THIS BOOK IS ABLE TO OFFER THE FIRST COMPREHENSIVE TREATMENT OF ITS SUBJECT IS ENTIRELY THE RESULT OF THE FORESIGHT AND ENERGY OF THIS DEDICATED COUPLE." ---- DORAN H. ROSS (DIRECTOR) ---- ROY W. HAMILTON, CURATOR OF SOUTHEAST#ASIAN AND#OCEANIC COLLECTIONS #Baskets

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