Vaovasa’s unfinished stone grave

Overview

Samoa Tourism Authority associates the grave’s stones with high chief Vaovasa’s ninety-nine wives. Villagers kill him while he attempts to leave Upolu with a hundredth, abducted wife.

His body returns to Manono by longboat. The burial arrangement remains incomplete, with a gap for the final stone. This is the listing’s explanation of a place, not independently verified genealogy or a reconstruction of the burial.

Origins & earliest records

Earlier witness unestablished.

Records & interpretation

Native listing body explicitly names Manono.

Selected bibliography

Documented works and useful reading. This is not a list of every appearance.

1. 01

   Grave of 99 Stones

   Samoa Tourism Authority

Family & connections

A source-supported family tree or inspiration record has not yet been compiled for this profile. Related reading below indicates a connection in subject matter, not a proven lineage or creative influence.

References

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1. Selected native publicationGrave of 99 StonesResearch access: 2026-10-12

Image credits

AI interpretation of Vaovasa’s unfinished stones.

Modern AI interpretation. Stone arrangement and coast imagined; symbolic, not literal ninety-nine stones or actual site.