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The vaka (outrigger canoe) Tauhunu

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This is a vaka (outrigger canoe) called Tauhunu from the atoll of Manihiki in the northern Cook Islands. It was made around 1900 from sections of wood stitched together with coconut fibre. The hull is immaculately finished with a tapered bow and distinctive, rectangular stern. It is inlaid with carefully cut pieces of pearl ...

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