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245	0	0	_aKato alu = _bwoven ceremonial basket.
246	1	1	_aWoven ceremonial basket
246	1	3	_aPrincess Pilolevu Tuita's wedding basket
264		3	_a[Tonga?] : _c[1976?]
300			_a1 basket : _ccm x cm x cm
336			_2rdacontent _athree-dimensional form _btdf
337			_2rdamedia _aunmediated _bn
338			_2rdacarrier _aobject _bnr
500			_aTitle devised by cataloguer.
500			_aKato alu (woven ceremonial basket) is one of several types of baskets that were made in Tonga as early as the eighteenth century. Kato alu originates from the island of 'Eua, southeast of Tongatapu, the main group of islands of Tonga. Kato alu are significant Tongan cultural items of exchange and are often presented as gifts during weddings, funerals, and birthdays. They are also works of great artistry, skill, and ingenuity. The art of kato alu is primarily in construction. Each kato alu is woven from carefully prepared roots of the alu plant and the midribs of coconut leaves. The lengthy and complex production process involves several stages - plant harvesting, cooking, weaving, and decoration - before the basket is ceremonially exchanged. Kato alu continues to be made today; the art of kato alu is in the preparation process and the weaving technique.
500			_aThe base is cm, height cm x length cm x width cm.
500			_aThis black kato alu is oval and has brown decorative stitching in kafa (braided coconut husk fibre cord). It has four diamond shapes, each with a cross on the inside. Three of the diamond shapes have a small cluster of shells at the top, and the last diamond shape has no shells. Two diamond shapes have white cowrie shells, while the third has brown shells. Between the diamond shapes, the kafa is stitched to make small vertical angle shapes similar to amoamokofe that mimic the sides of the diamond shapes.
520			_aTalanoa
545			_aThis kato alu was a wedding gift to Princess Sālote Pilolevu Tuku'aho and Siosa'ia Tuita. _bPrincess Sālote Mafileʻo Pilolevu Tuku'aho and Siosa'ia Ma'ulupekotofa Tuita were married in 1976. _uhttps://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Salote_Mafile%CA%BBo_Pilolevu_Tuita _uhttps://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Siosa%CA%BBia_Ma%CA%BBulupekotofa_Tuita
600	0	0	_aTuita, Sālote Mafileʻo Pilolevu, _d1951- _xAssociated objects.
650		0	_aBaskets _zTonga _vSpecimens.
856	4	1	_yPictures of object _uhttps://photos.app.goo.gl/v6xwcpkeubKJJGGh6
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