The austroasiatic carrying basket or kapha is a wicker basket common to many Austroasiatic and Austronesian peoples in Cambodia, Indonesia, Malaysia, Myanmar, Philippines and Thailand. It is carried o
The Tibeto-Birman carrying basket uses a noticeably different single strap, putting the weight either on the neck or on the forehead.
Different carrying baskets of the Karen people of Burma with all the weight on their foreheads in the Tibetan way.
Distinct Japanese carrying similar strapped bags with no base but rattan criss-cross frame.
Tampuan version with its specific black and red rattan
Doko (basket)
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Doko is a type of basket made from bamboo. It is hand-woven into a conical or "V" shaped structure. Dokos are especially used by porters to carry goods in Nepal, and other mountainous regions.
Austroasiatic carrying basket
…of bamboo for the baskets of the M'nong. The Moi and the Khas people seem to be acquainted with the one-strap front-carried baskets so typical of the doko Nepali baskets found in the Himalayas. Different from most other Austroasiatic ethnic groups, these one-strip carrying bags have also been noted in…
Doko, a bamboo basket used in Nepal.
Nepali man making a doko.
Nepali people with a doko, 1793 (published 1811).
Dokos filled with tomatoes.