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Jewellery kato
Lesieli Katokakala Tohi Tupou2020
Queensland Art Gallery & Gallery of Modern Art (QAGOMA)
Brisbane, Australia
In Tonga, coconut fibre is a highly regarded weaving material, valued both for the expertise required to work with it and the strength, durability and beauty of objects made from it. Lesieli Kato Kakala Tohi Tupou reimagines and extends the symbolic potency of works made from coconut fibre. Two distinctive forms feature throughout Tonga’s history as signifiers of rank, wealth and hierarchy – the kato mosikaka and kato kafa.
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- Title: Jewellery kato
- Creator: Lesieli Katokakala Tohi Tupou
- Creator Nationality: Tongan
- Creator Birth Place: Lofanga Island, Ha’apai, Tonga
- Date: 1944
- Date Created: 2020
- Physical Location: Brisbane
- Physical Dimensions: 6 x 6cm (approx.)
- Provenance: Purchased 2021 with funds from the Oceania Women’s Fund through the Queensland Art Gallery | Gallery of Modern Art Foundation / Collection: Queensland Art Gallery | Gallery of Modern Art, Brisbane
- Subject Keywords: The 10th Asia Pacific Triennial of Contemporary Art, APT10
- Publisher: Since 1993, the Asia Pacific Triennial of Contemporary Art (APT) has been QAGOMA's flagship contemporary art series, taking over both the Queensland Art Gallery (QAG) and Gallery of Modern Art (GOMA) every three years / The series has seen the Gallery develop long-standing partnerships throughout the region and help build one of the world's most significant collections of contemporary Asian and Pacific art / Exhibited in 'The 10th Asia Pacific Triennial of Contemporary Art' (APT10) / 4 December 2021 – 25 April 2022
- Rights: © The artist
- External Link: Website: APT10, Website: Website: Asia Pacific Triennial
- Medium: Coconut husk fibres (pulu)
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