Backpack made with rattan shoots (The Philippines)

Backpack made with rattan shoots (The Philippines)
Ifugao backpack, Cagayan valley (The Philippines) © Museo Nacional de Antropología.

Backpack made with rattan shoots (The Philippines)

Backpack for carrying farm and hunting products; due to the difficult terrain of the Luzón Range, transporting goods is eclusively using baskets and backpacks which women and men carry on their backs, shoulders or heads. When carried on the back, the black end fringes act as protection from the rain which drips down them.

Photo, Miguel Ángel Otero