Abstract
While evidence for a strong, long-standing, and direct connection between Sāmoa and Tonga before European contact is well known, this paper provides a case study of Sāmoa–Tonga interaction by indigenous agency. It shows that the Samoan fale āfolau (long house) is convincingly interpreted as an historic introduction from Tonga, with Samoan modification, which served as an early Christian chapel design. A Tongan origin for the fale āfolau is an especially contested viewpoint in present-day Sāmoa, where many consider it to be a truly indigenous design.
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