Examples of these objects called waka or va’a (“vah-ah”) evolved from designs of the Lapita culture. In 1975, a performance-accurate one of these things was built, named Hōkūleʻa (“HOH-koo-LAY-uh”), after the Hawaiian name for the star Arcturus. People using these objects were guided by stick charts bent (10[1])to resemble swells. Indigenous (10[1])Philippine examples of these objects called bangka were used for war and resemble (10[1])other Austronesian (10[1])outrigger designs. (10[2])Thor (10[1])Heyerdahl argued that South Americans (10[1])could have traveled with a type of these objects similar to his (10[1])Kon-Tiki. For 10 points, Polynesian wayfarers settled the Pacific by traveling on what objects? ■END■