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 CELESTINE WARINA (KAARU) of Omie Artists. The title is Jimu jimu nioge (visuija ahé, cobburé jö’o si’o si’o ve’e, udane une, sabu ahe ohu’o vahuhu sine) – Design of the Papuan Flowerpecker. [OM10-075] (Natural Pigments on Nioge (Barkcloth)) Australian Indigenous (Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander) artwork by CELESTINE WARINA (KAARU) of Omie Artists. The title is Jimu jimu nioge (visuija ahé, cobburé jö’o si’o si’o ve’e, udane une, sabu ahe ohu’o vahuhu sine) – Design of the Papuan Flowerpecker. [OM10-075] (Natural Pigments on Nioge (Barkcloth))
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CELESTINE WARINA (KAARU)

Jimu jimu nioge (visuija ahé, cobburé jö’o si’o si’o ve’e, udane une, sabu ahe ohu’o vahuhu sine) – Design of the Papuan Flowerpecker
Jimu jimu nioge (visuija ahé, cobburé jö’o si’o si’o ve’e, udane une,...

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Natural Pigments on Nioge (Barkcloth)
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The main design of squares composed from parallel lines is jimu jimu nioge symbolising the Papuan Flowerpecker bird (Dicaeum pectorale). Celestine saw this design painted on her grandmother Avarro’s face during times of dancing.

The lines that run through the painting are known as orriseegé or ’pathways’ and provide a compositional framework for the design. The crosshatch design is vahuhu sine - the pattern of the yellow snake’s skin. The short lines that run parallel through both the main design and the orriseegé are udane une - the eggs of the Giant Spiny Stick Insect (Eurycantha calcarata). The lines that run diagonally edge to edge through the dahoru’e are cobburé jö’o si’o si’o ve’e - the pattern of the snake’s mouth. visuija ahé - the backbone of the mountain fish can also be seen. The spotted design is sabu ahe representing the spots which run down along 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 a line under both eyes. Today it is applied to Ömie people’s faces for dance performances with natural pigments.

The main design of squares composed from parallel lines is jimu jimu nioge symbolising the Papuan Flowerpecker bird (Dicaeum pectorale). Celestine saw this design painted on her grandmother Avarro’s face during times of dancing.

The lines that run through the painting are known as orriseegé or ’pathways’ and provide a compositional framework for the design. The crosshatch design is vahuhu sine - the pattern of the yellow snake’s skin. The short lines that run...