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Samoan Material Culture

Tongs

Tongs

Every Samoan cooking house contained a pair of tongs (iofi) made by doubling a piece of coconut leaf midrib. With it, the heated stones could be picked up to place in the exact spaces required. A number were also left out at the margin of the heated bed of stones to be placed beside larger articles of food that take longer to cook. A number of hot stones were placed inside the pig. At Fitiuta, a piece of wood was laid across the oven to divide it into two compartments; one side for the pig and the other for the vegetables. The tongs were also necessary to place the heated stones in certain liquid dishes made in wooden bowls. (See Plate IV B.)