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Siapo mamanu or barkcloth (tapa); Samoa; made from inner bark paper Mulberry tree (Broussonetia Papyrifera). brown dye; siapo mamanu is a type of Samoan barkcloth with freehand painted patterns, heavily painted with a black and brown resinous glaze of o'a sap mixed with charcoal or black dye from lama nut kernels. The siapo is squarish in shape. The main pattern is made up of 6 rows of 6 squares with alternating patterns, divided by brown lines. One is flower shaped with 4 leaves and 8 stamen with diagonal lines painted through them. The other pattern is in dark brown and appears to be fo'a'aveau (star-fish) but could be another flower pattern as also has leaf-like shapes. Border painted brown with white triangles, small black spikes, some of which slope in opposing ways.
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