Amatasi are a type of
Samoa
Samoa, officially the Independent State of Samoa and known until 1997 as Western Samoa, is an island country in Polynesia, part of Oceania, in the South Pacific Ocean. It consists of two main islands (Savai'i and Upolu), two smaller, inhabited ...
n double-hulled
watercraft
A watercraft or waterborne vessel is any vehicle designed for travel across or through water bodies, such as a boat, ship, hovercraft, submersible or submarine.
Types
Historically, watercraft have been divided into two main categories.
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pandanus
''Pandanus'' is a genus of monocots with about 578 accepted species. They are palm-like, dioecious trees and shrubs native to the Old World tropics and subtropics. Common names include pandan, screw palm and screw pine. The genus is classified ...
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spars. The hull was sometimes built of planks. Lashed together, large double canoes long could carry 25 men on journeys of hundreds of miles.
See also
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List of multihulls Types
* catamaran = two symmetric hulls
* proa = two asymmetric hulls, reverse-shunting (interchangeable Bow (ship), bow/stern)
* trimaran = three hulls
* quadrimaran = four hulls
* pentamaran = five hulls
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va'a
Vaʻa is a word in Samoan language, Samoan, Hawaiian language, Hawaiian and Tahitian language, Tahitian which means 'boat', 'canoe' or 'ship'. It is cognate with other Polynesian words such as ''vaka (sailing), vaka'' or the Māori language, Māo ...
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va'a-tele
Va'a-tele are large, traditional Samoan double canoe multihull watercraft.
See also
*va'a
References
Canoes
Canoeing and kayaking equipment
Culture of Samoa
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References
External links
Amatasi Image at Hawaii State Foundation on Culture and the ArtsModern day model by Francis Pimmel
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Watercraft
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