Siapo is the Samoan word for a fine cloth made from the bark of the Paper ... The inner-bark (known at this raw stage as tapa) is soaked and softened in water. When it's become slightly pulpy ...
The making of barkcloth or tapa was once widespread throughout ... Barkcloth made in Samoa is called siapo.; MaterialsSiapo makers use the bark of the u'a (paper mulberry tree) to make their cloth.