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Kato

human history
  • Other Name

    Basket

  • Description

    Kato. Basket. Kato tu'aniu. Coiled tu'aniu basket. Small sized basket, round in shape and coiled with an inner of tu'aniu and wrapped and knotted with strips of pandanus. The coils are larger in size due to more strands of tu'aniu being wrapped in each coil. The kau (handle) is flat and is attached at either end of the kato. It is woven with natural, black and purple dyed strips of pandanus.

    The basket face is decorated with dyed strips of pandanus in the colours black, red, and purple.

  • Place
    Tonga/Pacific
  • Accession Number
    1977.21
  • Accession Date
    1977
  • Other Id

    48088 (ethnology)

    48088.7 (ethnology)

  • Department

    Pacific

basket, 1977.21, 48088, 48088.7, Cultural Permissions Apply

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  • basket, 1977.21, 48088, 48088.7, Cultural Permissions Apply
  • basket, 1977.21, 48088, 48088.7, Cultural Permissions Apply
  • basket, 1977.21, 48088, 48088.7, Cultural Permissions Apply
  • basket, 1977.21, 48088, 48088.7, Cultural Permissions Apply
  • basket, 1977.21, 48088, 48088.7, Cultural Permissions Apply
  • basket, 1977.21, 48088, 48088.7, Cultural Permissions Apply
  • basket, 1977.21, 48088, 48088.7, Cultural Permissions Apply
  • basket, 1977.21, 48088, 48088.7, Cultural Permissions Apply
  • basket, 1977.21, 48088, 48088.7, Cultural Permissions Apply
  • Basket

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