U'a Atlas · Chapter 03 — Endurance of the Beaten Cloth
The finding
Hand-beaten bark
outlasts the loom
— by a generation.
14
Mill
cotton
23
Pressed
fibre
41
Pulu
matting
68
Mamanu
siapo
68
yrs
Median years a freehand-painted
siapo mamanu
sheet stays intact in family keeping — nearly five times the lifespan of milled cloth.
+386% vs. mill cotton
Source: Heirloom condition survey, 214 village holdings · Apia archive, 1971–2018
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