In some Polynesian cultures, the name of a deceased chief becomes taboo.

The god was used as a sacred guardian of the deceased hereditary chief, prince or king.

Things had been handsomely done for the deceased chief; the amount of provisions denoted their esteem for the departed.

A red chalcedony spearhead and a few fragments were the content of this tumulus, which had obviously been erected to a deceased chief.

The French idealized the deceased chief, using him to demonstrate what all chiefs should aspire to be like.

Objects were deliberately broken and thrown into the bog so that they could go with a deceased chief on his voyage to a better place.

A deceased chief would be joined by other members of his court along with important objects such as furniture and other implements.

In some languages of the Pacific, using the name of a deceased chief is taboo.

Pulotu may be represented as the paradise from which the gods came and to which the souls of deceased chiefs go.

With some clans the office was left to the oldest brother of the deceased chief, and after his death again the next oldest brother.