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Ato

human history
  • Other Name

    Flat bag (English)

  • Description

    Ato. Flat bag. Made by (or acquired from) Sosefina Lui. This ato is woven with strips of lauhulu (darker coloured pandanus) and laufala (white pandanus) the way it Is woven creates diamond patterns on the surface. It commences from the base and is woven in the round, the top edge is serrated (fakatakanifonifo) and this is where the weaving concludes.

  • Place
    Tokelau Islands/Polynesia/Pacific
  • Accession Number
    1991.1
  • Accession Date
    15 Jan 1991
  • Other Id

    53685 (ethnology)

  • Department

    Pacific

Ato, 1991.1, 53685, Cultural Permissions Apply

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  • Ato, 1991.1, 53685, Cultural Permissions Apply
  • Ato, 1991.1, 53685, Cultural Permissions Apply
  • Ato, 1991.1, 53685, Cultural Permissions Apply
  • Ato, 1991.1, 53685, Cultural Permissions Apply
  • Ato, 1991.1, 53685, Cultural Permissions Apply
  • Ato, 1991.1, 53685, Cultural Permissions Apply
  • Ato, 1991.1, 53685, Cultural Permissions Apply

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