U'a · Paper-Mulberry Bark
Sāmoa · Western Polynesia
Siapo Mamanu · Painted Freehand

Beaten Bark,
Living Grids

Felted paper-mulberry, decorated stroke by stroke with a pandanus brush — cocoa o'a, soot lama, and rust loa laid into rows of triangles, arcs, and starbursts. Never machine-perfect; always the warmth of the human hand.

o'a brown
loa rust
ochre
lama black
fresh bark
This is the Samoan Siapo Mamanu design system, applied by Curio Design — a design-style library for AI agents. Full Samoan Siapo Mamanu guide → designbycurio.com/learn/samoan-siapo-tapa-mamanu