Samoan Siapo Mamanu

Samoan siapo is barkcloth beaten from paper-mulberry (u'a) into a warm tan, felted sheet, then decorated by hand. In the mamanu method, makers paint freehand with a paogo pandanus brush, laying cocoa-brown o'a, soot-black lama, and rust-red loa into grids of fish, shells, and starburst motifs.

This design system carries the genuine aged-bark ground — never cream, never white — under dark, slightly irregular brushwork. It is a matte, felted, hand-painted aesthetic built on five natural dye tones over warm beaten bark.

萨摩亚的 siapo（树皮布）由构树（u'a）的内皮反复捶打而成，化作一张温暖的浅褐色毡状布面，再以手工装饰。在 mamanu（自由绘制）技法中，匠人用露兜叶制成的 paogo 画笔，将可可棕的 o'a、烟灰黑的 lama、铁锈红的 loa，徒手描成鱼、贝壳与星芒的网格纹样（萨摩亚，大洋洲，约 1900 年以前）。

本设计系统忠实地保留了真实的陈年树皮底色——绝非米白或纯白——其上覆盖着深色、略带不规则的笔触。这是一种以五种天然染料色调、覆于温暖捶打树皮之上的哑光毡感手绘美学，由萨摩亚女性匠人与 tufuga（树皮布大师）世代相传。