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 DAPENI JONEVARI (MOKOKARI) of Omie Artists. The title is Asimano’e, taigu taigu’e ohu’o odunaigö’e - Head of Men, Pattern of a Leaf and Jungle Vine. [OM10-030] (Natural Pigments on Nioge (Barkcloth)) Australian Indigenous (Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander) artwork by DAPENI JONEVARI (MOKOKARI) of Omie Artists. The title is Asimano’e, taigu taigu’e ohu’o odunaigö’e - Head of Men, Pattern of a Leaf and Jungle Vine. [OM10-030] (Natural Pigments on Nioge (Barkcloth))
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DAPENI JONEVARI (MOKOKARI)

Asimano’e, taigu taigu’e ohu’o odunaigö’e - Head of Men, Pattern of a Leaf and Jungle Vine
Asimano’e, taigu taigu’e ohu’o odunaigö’e - Head of Men, Pattern of a...

OM10-030
Natural Pigments on Nioge (Barkcloth)
 Asimano’e, taigu taigu’e ohu’o… | OM10-030
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The rows of circles are asimano’e - the heads of men complete with ears and eyes. Dapeni explains how this design is uehorëro (her own wisdom) and came to her in a dream. The surrounding streams of zigzagging lines and their curling offshoots are traditional soru’e (tattoo designs) known as taigu taigu’e (leaf pattern) and odunaigö’e (a climbing jungle vine with thorns and tendrils). The straight lines running through the painting are known as orriseegé or ’pathways’ which provide a compositional framework to the designs.

The rows of circles are asimano’e - the heads of men complete with ears and eyes. Dapeni explains how this design is uehorëro (her own wisdom) and came to her in a dream. The surrounding streams of zigzagging lines and their curling offshoots are traditional soru’e (tattoo designs) known as taigu taigu’e (leaf pattern) and odunaigö’e (a climbing jungle vine with thorns and tendrils). The straight lines running through the painting are known as orriseegé or...