This would be a 2 or 3 person canoe per Regina Meredith of American Samoa, siapo (tapa) maker, artist, and teacher. Seems to be a Va'a alo according to the description of Te Rangi Hiroa (1930: 372; ...

In 2004, he tried to beach his canoe above a dam on the Haw River, but instead got sucked into the current and tumbled backward over a 15-foot drop to the boulders below.