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 BOTHA KIMMIKIMMI (HIROKIKI) of Omie Artists. The title is Dahoru’e, tuböru une ohu’o sabu ahe - Ömie mountains, Eggs of the Dwarf Cassowary and Spots of the Wood-Boring Grub. [OM10-076] (Natural Pigments on Nioge (Barkcloth)) Australian Indigenous (Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander) artwork by BOTHA KIMMIKIMMI (HIROKIKI) of Omie Artists. The title is Dahoru’e, tuböru une ohu’o sabu ahe - Ömie mountains, Eggs of the Dwarf Cassowary and Spots of the Wood-Boring Grub. [OM10-076] (Natural Pigments on Nioge (Barkcloth))
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BOTHA KIMMIKIMMI (HIROKIKI)

Dahoru’e, tuböru une ohu’o sabu ahe - Ömie mountains, Eggs of the Dwarf Cassowary and Spots of the Wood-Boring Grub
Dahoru’e, tuböru une ohu’o sabu ahe - Ömie mountains, Eggs of the Dwarf...

OM10-076
Natural Pigments on Nioge (Barkcloth)
 Dahoru’e, tuböru une ohu’o sab… | OM10-076
Natural Pigments on Nioge (Barkclot…
 142 x 113cm | 55.91 x 44.49in
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The lines that run through the work are known as orriseegé or ’pathways’ and provide a compositional framework for the design. The zig-zagging lines are dahoru’e - Ömie mountains. The rows of small black triangles like sawtooths at their edges are also dahoru’e. The cross-hatch design is tuböru une - the design of the egg of the Dwarf Cassowary (Casuarius bennetti). Cassowary eggs are an important seasonal food source for Ömie people. The spots within the orriseegé and dahoru’e is a design called sabu ahe representing the spots which can be seen on the sides of a wood-boring grub. This grub is sacred to Ömie people as it plays an important part within the creation story of how Huvaemo (Mt. Lamington) came to be volcanic.

It is a traditional soru’e (tattoo design) which was most commonly tattooed running in one line under both eyes. Today it is applied to Ömie people’s faces for dance performances with natural pigments.

The lines that run through the work are known as orriseegé or ’pathways’ and provide a compositional framework for the design. The zig-zagging lines are dahoru’e - Ömie mountains. The rows of small black triangles like sawtooths at their edges are also dahoru’e. The cross-hatch design is tuböru une - the design of the egg of the Dwarf Cassowary (Casuarius bennetti). Cassowary eggs are an important seasonal food source for Ömie people. The spots within...