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Chapter Four · Lineage in numbers
Tatau Atlas — A field census of Sulu’ape-line master tufuga, 2024
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The line did not survive by museum —
it survived because
nine households
never stopped tapping the
au
.
Where the pe’a is still being struck
Lineage seat
Diaspora studios
0
12
24
36
48
46
Apia
Upolu, Samoa
30
Auckland
Aotearoa
23
L·A· Basin
California
18
Sydney
New South Wales
14
Pago Pago
American Sa.
10
Honolulu
O’ahu
6
Salt Lake
Utah diaspora
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