{"product_id":"hand-woven-small-lidded-basket","title":"Hand-Woven Small Lidded Basket","description":"\u003cp class=\"font-claude-response-body break-words whitespace-normal\"\u003e\u003cstrong style=\"font-size: 0.875rem;\"\u003eMangyan Hand-Woven Small Lidded Basket\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp class=\"font-claude-response-body break-words whitespace-normal\"\u003e\u003cem\u003ePalm-sized · Shallow bowl form · Radiating stripe pattern · With fitted lid · Handwoven in Mindoro Island, Philippines\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp class=\"font-claude-response-body break-words whitespace-normal\"\u003eEverything about this basket is small except the skill it took to make it.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp class=\"font-claude-response-body break-words whitespace-normal\"\u003eSitting easily in the palm of one hand, this lidded basket is one of the most technically demanding pieces in the Mangyan woven collection. Weaving at this scale — tight enough to hold its form, fine enough to carry a clean pattern, small enough that every strand is visible — requires a level of control that only comes from years of practice. There is nowhere to hide an error when the whole object fits in your hand.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp class=\"font-claude-response-body break-words whitespace-normal\"\u003eThe pattern woven across both basket and lid is a radiating stripe — alternating strands of deep brown and natural cream nito vine running outward from the center like spokes on a wheel, or the rays of a sun. It is a different weaving language from the geometric pakudos of the larger storage jar, and just as deliberate. The Mangyan do not weave randomly. Every pattern carries meaning that has been passed down without being written down.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp class=\"font-claude-response-body break-words whitespace-normal\"\u003eThe lid is a flat disc that sits flush and firm on the basket's rim. Lift it and the interior is clean, smooth, and surprisingly deep relative to the basket's footprint.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp class=\"font-claude-response-body break-words whitespace-normal\"\u003eUse it on a dresser for rings you take off at night. On a bathroom shelf for earrings. On a desk for paper clips or rubber bands. Beside a bed for small things that matter. It is the kind of object that finds a permanent place quickly, because it does exactly what it needs to do and looks like nothing else doing it.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp class=\"font-claude-response-body break-words whitespace-normal\"\u003eAt this size, it also makes one of the most considered gifts in the collection — small enough to ship anywhere, personal enough to mean something, and carrying a story that no department store gift ever could.\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"H.A.N.D. Collective","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":64134538264945,"sku":null,"price":40.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/1022\/1168\/2673\/files\/s1.jpg?v=1782933604","url":"https:\/\/handcollective.org\/products\/hand-woven-small-lidded-basket","provider":"H.A.N.D. Collective","version":"1.0","type":"link"}