Up to two thirds of around 60 different traditional basket designs of the Sabah indigenous communities would be lost in matter of years.
The word of caution came from Sabah Art Gallery Curator and author of the Kampung Legacy: A Journal of Sabah’s Traditional Baskets Jennifer P. Linggi.
Her book, which feature an illustrative description around 60 traditional basket designs, already saw 20 of the designs had gone extinct due to ageing craft makers, who comprise largely women