Artist | FATE SAVARI (ISAWDI)

Artist | FATE SAVARI (ISAWDI)


Australian Indigenous (Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander) artwork by FATE SAVARI (ISAWDI) of Omie Artists. The title is Misa’eje clan story of the brother and sister discovering the Kunnoo’ino tree (Mwe, jaji’e sor’e, dubidubi hané, marové ohu’o marové hané) - Misa’eje clan story of the brother and sister discovering the Kunnoo’ino tree (with the brother’s garden, tattoo designs on the brother’s body, orchid leaves, fig tree and leaves of the fig tree). [14-129] (Natural Pigments on Nioge (Woman’s Barkcloth Skirt))

FATE SAVARI (ISAWDI)

Misa’eje clan story of the brother and sister discoveri…

Australian Indigenous (Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander) artwork by FATE SAVARI (ISAWDI) of Omie Artists. The title is The initiation ceremony of Ureekureh (Tabarigua) at Borrohöjeh, c.1937 (ohu’o gori hane, Ije bi’weje, jubuje, givai, bison’e, dubié, booroohidahe, gojav’e, sibirihané, mahudan’e, margé, deje, mahe ohu’o nyoni han’e) - The initiation ceremony of Ureekureh (Tabarigua) at Borrohöjeh, c.1937 (with Dahorurajé clan design of the fern leaf, boys chopping tree branches, fast-moving nocturnal marsupial (artists’ “signatureâ€), betelnut, men’s barkcloth loincloth, septum nose-bone jewellery, nose ring, eagle feathers, red parrot feathers, flowers for headdress, pig tusk necklace, taro, yam, pig for the feast, and fern leaves). [10-040] (Natural Pigments on Barkcloth)

FATE SAVARI (ISAWDI)

The initiation ceremony of Ureekureh (Tabarigua) at Bor…

Australian Indigenous (Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander) artwork by FATE SAVARI (ISAWDI) of Omie Artists. The title is Uborida jowo tahgwe ohu’o isairov’e, horé hitahi’e [sabu deje, ije biweje, mi’ija’ahe, dubidubi’e han’e, ohu’o buborianö’e] - Bend in the flooding Jordan River (Uborida) [with spots of the wood-boring grub, boys chopping tree branches, old animal bones found while digging in the garden, white plants growing on mountaintops, and beaks of the Papuan Hornbill]. [15-047] (Natural Pigments on Nioge (Woman’s Barkcloth Skirt))

FATE SAVARI (ISAWDI)

Uborida jowo tahgwe ohu’o isairov’e, horé hitahi’e [sab…

Australian Indigenous (Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander) artwork by FATE SAVARI (ISAWDI) of Omie Artists. The title is Vinöhu’e, taigu taigu’e ohu’o jö’o sor’e - Ujawé initiation rite tattoo design of the bellybutton, pattern of a leaf and uncurling fern fronds. [16-000] (Natural Pigments on Nioge (Woman’s Barkcloth Skirt))

FATE SAVARI (ISAWDI)

Vinöhu’e, taigu taigu’e ohu’o jö’o sor’e - Ujawé initia…

Fate has been painting for Ömie Artists since 2009.

Her mother was Majaho and her father was the legendary Lokirro, both Dahorurajé clanspeople from Sidonejo village.

Fate tells a vivid account of her time during the Second World War: "I was in the house with my family at Sidonejo village when we first heard the warplane flying over.

When we went outside and saw the plane my parents gathered up my family and we ran as quickly as we could towards our new yam garden and hid ourselves in the bush under a tree." Fate learnt a wealth of soru'e (tattoo designs) from her mother including vinohu'e - design of the bellybutton.

She depicts her knowledge of Ömie custom creations and history in splendid detail in her paintings.

In one painting she illustrates a boy's initiation ceremony after undergoing tattooing in a guai - an underground site used during the time of the ancestors.

Fate has taught her designs to her daughter-in-law Linda-Grace Savari (Majaré), duvahe (Chief) of Evorajé clan women.

Fate is the proud mother of seven children..



Fate has been painting for Ömie Artists since 2009.

Her mother was Majaho and her father was the legendary Lokirro, both Dahorurajé clanspeople from Sidonejo village.

Fate tells a vivid account of her time during the Second World War: "I was in the house with my family at Sidonejo village when we first heard the warplane flying over.

When we went outside and saw the plane my parents gathered up my family and we ran as quickly as we could towards our new yam garden and hid ourselves in the bush under a tree." Fate learnt a wealth of soru'e (tattoo designs) from her mother including vinohu'e - design of the bellybutton.

She depicts her knowledge of Ömie custom creations and history in splendid detail in her paintings.

In one painting she illustrates a boy's initiation ceremony after undergoing tattooing in a guai - an underground site used during the time of the ancestors.

Fate has taught her designs to her daughter-in-law Linda-Grace Savari (Majaré), duvahe (Chief) of Evorajé clan women.

Fate is the proud mother of seven children..



THE ART OF ISAWDI (FATE SAVARI)

A Collection of Barkcloth Art from the Ömie Artist…