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The
amatasi had sails made of woven pandanus leaves tied to 2 spars.
The hull of the pictured amatasi is the va'a alo built
of planks to hunt bonito fish.It is a swift, deep-sea vessel. Lashed together,
large double canoes 30-60 feet long could carry 25 men hundreds of miles
in the Samoa-Tonga area. From a 1972 calendar in the Archives.
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