Symmetry Groups of the Batak Basketweave Patterns

• Main Authors: De las Penas, Ma. Louise Antonette, Garciano, Agnes, Verzosa, Debbie Marie B, Tomenes, Mark D
• Format: text
• Published: Archīum Ateneo 2024
• Subjects: bamboo baskets; Batak basketry; Batak weaving community; layer groups; symmetry groups; Geometry and Topology; Mathematics
• Online Access: https://archium.ateneo.edu/mathematics-faculty-pubs/292

Layer groups are three-dimensional crystallographic groups that have translational symmetries in two dimensions. This paper discusses the layer group symmetries of the patterns arising from two-way twofold weaves found in the baskets, trays and mats of the Batak, an indigenous community in the Phili...