The conical bamboo basket is a traditional handcraft of the Mizo tribe, a native people of the hilly state of Mizoram in Northeast India. The basket made from split bamboo has an unusually large or wide circular mouth and a square bottom and has an unusual structure-oriented design with slightly raised corners, allowing the basket to be placed upright even on an uneven surface. In its traditional use for the storage and carrying of farm produce, firewood, or daily food provisions, tribal-style baskets represent a deep-rooted relationship between the Mizo community and their natural resources.

Bamboo grows naturally and extensively in the region and are hence a sustainable material used in many Mizo households. The crafting of basket weaving is, in fact, the art passed down from generation to generation. Making a basket calls upon skills in bamboo splitting, treatment, and designing; weaving and understanding its structural integrity have to exist hand in hand. The baskets thus acquire some identity culturally and ecologically. The feminine half of the Mizo population is very dexterous in the art of bamboo weaving. Such lightweight yet strong baskets are simply carried up and down the slopes of Mizoram. Acts as a fortitude to withstand nature; a symbol of environmental balance; and imbued with ancestral art, Mizo bamboo baskets still bear testimony to the resilience of the present time.