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Title / object name  Lauaki Namulau’ulu Mamoe
Maker  Role  Date  
Andrew, Thomas  photographer  circa 1909  
Medium Summary  black and white photograph, platinum print
Materials  platinum, paper
Dimensions
15 (Height) x 20 (Length)
Classification  platinum prints, black-and-white prints, studio portraits
Technique  black-and-white photography, platinum process
Registration Number  O.001123/01

Namalau'ulu Lauaki (Lauati) Mamoe was a famous orator chief (Tulafale) from Fa'asalele'aga, a district of Safotulafai - one of the five traditional districts of Savaii. The title Namulau'ulu originated in Safotulafai, but the title Lauaki came from Tonga. Lauaki was an important spokesman in turn of the century Samoan politics, and held office in the Malo (native administration) as a faipule (district representative). He won respect from many parts of Samoa for standing up to the German authorities. He was the first leader of the militant Mau-a-Pule (Samoan Independence Movement). Exiled by the Germans to Saipan in the Marehau Islands, he died at sea in 1915 aboard the ship which was bringing him home. View of a moustached man wearing a lavalava and holding a fue (flywhisk) and a long stick in his left hand.

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