This section was taken from Mary Pritchard's Book: "Siapo: Bark Cloth Art of Samoa". The Paper Mulberry Tree Harvesting the Bark Stripping the Outer Bark Removing the Bark Separating the Bark and Bast The bark is Rolled and Soaked The Scraping Process Scraping Board The Board Position Changes Water is Forced Out Beating the Bark Beating Process Beating Tools Separating and Flattening Unrolling and Drying CLICK ON PICTURES FOR MORE INFORMATION