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The wood sculpture known as A'a began its existence in Rurutu in the Austral Islands some time in the 18th Century and now it resides in the care of the British Museum in London. A'a is perhaps the most famous of all sculptures from Oceania. This paper attempts not only to illuminate understandings of A'a but also to examine the nature of Polynesian 'god images' more broadly, and to endeavour to bring the ineffable into sharper focus. It also celebrates (perhaps idealises or idolises) A'a, not for its celebrity alone but because, despite all the vicissitudes of its existence, it is an enduring embodiment of persons, powers, and possibilities.
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