Siapo Sāmoa coffee painting

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Jon Apisa. Siapo Sāmoa. 2024. coffee on paper, 4" x 4" (10.16cm x 10.16cm).

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First painting using coffee with Siapo Sāmoa pattern by Jon Apisa. It was painted with coffee on paper 4" x 4" (10.16cm x 10.16cm)

Traditional Siapo is a Polynesian cultural art form known as:

• Siapo in Sāmoa
• Kahakai in Hawaiʻi
• Ngatu in Tonga

Traditional Siapo is made from the Broussonetia papyrifera (Paper mulberry) also known as:

• Uʻa in Sāmoa
• Wauke in Hawaiʻi
• Hiapo in Tonga

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Siapo Sāmoa coffee sketchbook painting by Jon Apisa 09/10/2024

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Pasefika Polynesian Dictionary
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