‘No si hijomiono’o jabesi soré jajivo’ (We are painting the designs of our ancestors).

A Collection of barkcloth art from the Ömie Artists, Papua New Guinea.

‘No si hijomiono’o jabesi soré jajivo’ (We are painting the designs of our ancestors).

A Collection of barkcloth art from the Ömie Artists, Papua New Guinea.

Australian Indigenous (Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander) artwork by SARAH UGIBARI of Omie Artists. The title is Mododa’e diburi’e biojë’oho (sihoti’e taliobamë’e) - The Tail-Feathers of the Swift When Sitting in the Tree. [OM10-066] (Mud, Nioge (Barkcloth)) Australian Indigenous (Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander) artwork by SARAH UGIBARI of Omie Artists. The title is Mododa’e diburi’e biojë’oho (sihoti’e taliobamë’e) - The Tail-Feathers of the Swift When Sitting in the Tree. [OM10-066] (Mud, Nioge (Barkcloth))
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SARAH UGIBARI

Mododa’e diburi’e biojë’oho (sihoti’e taliobamë’e) - The Tail-Feathers of the Swift When Sitting in the Tree
Mododa’e diburi’e biojë’oho (sihoti’e taliobamë’e) - The Tail-Feathers...

OM10-066 (2010)
Mud, Nioge (Barkcloth)
 Mododa’e diburi’e biojë’oho (s… | OM10-066
Mud, Nioge (Barkcloth)
 53 x 93cm | 20.87 x 36.61in (irregular)
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Sarah Ugibari has created the first part of the design of the modadai bird (swift).  The cross design represents the two long tail-feathers of the modadai as it sits in the tree.  This is an ancestral sihoti’e design (design of the mud) whose origins can be traced back to the Koruwo village area on the Managalasi plateau c.1880.  ihoti’e (mud-dyed barkcloths) represent women’s menstrual blood, relating to the creation story of the first Ömie people, Mina and Suja.

Sarah Ugibari has created the first part of the design of the modadai bird (swift).  The cross design represents the two long tail-feathers of the modadai as it sits in the tree.  This is an ancestral sihoti’e design (design of the mud) whose origins can be traced back to the Koruwo village area on the Managalasi plateau c.1880.  ihoti’e (mud-dyed barkcloths) represent women’s menstrual blood, relating to the creation story of the first Ömie people, Mina and...