Introduction

      

Woven baskets were items used everyday by the Amis. They were used to store crops, collect foodstuffs and hold tools and clothes and other items. The materials used to make the baskets was rattan and bamboo and long and short knives were used. In Ami society, woven containers were important for storing and carrying in everyday life. This highly developed handicraft was used mainly to provide for the people's own needs. 　　In traditional Ami society basic craft skills had to be learned by males before the mikadafo stage. 　　Generally, craft skills would be taught by elder people. As the environment changed colored nylon strip has often been used in the place of rattan and bamboo because it is cheap and easy to acquire. In recent years Amis women have become involved in weaving.