Siapo oil painting
Jon Apisa. Siapo. 2010. oil on canvas, 48" x 48" (121.9 cm x 121.9 cm) .
This painting 'Siapo' is named in honor of the trasditional Siapo artwork of Sāmoa and Polynesian cultures which have developed vartions of the artwork and named differently.
Siapo / Tapa (bark cloth) is known as:
- Siapo in Sāmoa
- Kapa in Hawaiʻi
- Ngatu in Tonga
Traditional Siapo is made from the Paper mulberry (Broussonetia papyrifera) tree:
Paper mulberry (Broussonetia papyrifera) is known as:
- Uʻa in Sāmoa
- Wauke in Hawaiʻi
- Aute in Tahiti
- Aute in Maori language (Aotearoa)
- Hiapo in Tonga
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Siapo oil sketchbook painting by Jon Apisa 07/11/2010
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