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 ASPASIA GADAI (YÉWO) of Omie Artists. The title is Dahoru’e, hurihuri’e ohu’o buboriano’e - Large and Small Ömie Mountains and Beaks of Blyth’s Hornbill. [OM10-079] (Natural Pigments on Nioge (Barkcloth)) Australian Indigenous (Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander) artwork by ASPASIA GADAI (YÉWO) of Omie Artists. The title is Dahoru’e, hurihuri’e ohu’o buboriano’e - Large and Small Ömie Mountains and Beaks of Blyth’s Hornbill. [OM10-079] (Natural Pigments on Nioge (Barkcloth))
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ASPASIA GADAI (YÉWO)

Dahoru’e, hurihuri’e ohu’o buboriano’e - Large and Small Ömie Mountains and Beaks of Blyth’s Hornbill
Dahoru’e, hurihuri’e ohu’o buboriano’e - Large and Small Ömie Mountains...

OM10-079
Natural Pigments on Nioge (Barkcloth)
 Dahoru’e, hurihuri’e ohu’o bub… | OM10-079
Natural Pigments on Nioge (Barkclot…
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The lines running directly through the work are known as orriseegé or ’pathways’ and provide a compositional framework for the design. These are infilled with rows of chevrons, an arrowtip design considered to be the predominent artistic motif of Oro Province. It is most commonly featured on lime spatulas and headrests. Here Aspasia’s chevrons represent hurihuri’e - small Ömie mountains. The large zig-zagging lines represent dahoru’e - the design of the Ömie mountains. The smaller zig-zagging lines are buboriano’e - the design of the beak of Blyth’s Hornbill (Rhyticeros plicatus).

The lines running directly through the work are known as orriseegé or ’pathways’ and provide a compositional framework for the design. These are infilled with rows of chevrons, an arrowtip design considered to be the predominent artistic motif of Oro Province. It is most commonly featured on lime spatulas and headrests. Here Aspasia’s chevrons represent hurihuri’e - small Ömie mountains. The large zig-zagging lines represent dahoru’e - the design of the...