burden basket
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English[edit]
Noun[edit]
burden basket (plural burden baskets)
- A basket fitted with a strap or straps to allow it to be carried on the back with the carrier's arms free.
- 1942, Emily Carr, “East and West”, in The Book of Small:
- A cedar-root burden basket of her own weaving was slung across the woman's back, steadied by a woven pack strap worn across the chest. Women of some tribes wore the strap across their foreheads, pushing their heads forward against the burden's weight.
- 2007, Dennis Slifer, Kokopelli: The Magic, Mirth, and Mischief of an Ancient Symbol, Gibbs Smith, Chapter 3, p. 109,
- […] the hump on some figures' backs may sometimes represent a burden basket, which was employed throughout northern Mexico, and at Hopi was used along with a supporting forehead strap.
Usage notes[edit]
Generally refers to items produced traditionally in indigenous North American communities.
Synonyms[edit]
Translations[edit]
basket fitted with straps — see carrying basket