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 Jov’e Umborrida romajëhije’e böröme – The Mighty Waters of the Jordan River. [OM10-067] (Natural Pigments on Nioge (Barkcloth)) Australian Indigenous (Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander) artwork by SARAH UGIBARI of Omie Artists. The title is Jov’e Umborrida romajëhije’e böröme – The Mighty Waters of the Jordan River. [OM10-067] (Natural Pigments on Nioge (Barkcloth))
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SARAH UGIBARI

Jov’e Umborrida romajëhije’e böröme – The Mighty Waters of the Jordan River
Jov’e Umborrida romajëhije’e böröme – The Mighty Waters of the Jordan...

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Natural Pigments on Nioge (Barkcloth)
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The border as well as the lines that run through the work are known as orriseegé or ’pathways’ and provide a compositional framework for the design. This design is jov’e Umborrida romajëhije’e böröme representing the powerful force of the Jordan River when it is in flood. Sarah explains how the river is capable of uprooting and carrying off enormous trees. The three villages of Gora are situated by the banks of the Jordan River. The triangular crosshatch design originates from the Samwejé tribe on the Managalasi plateau and was taught to Sarah by her mother and grandmother at Koruwo village. Ömie and Managalasi people are believed to have first entered the world as one people from an underground cave at a secret location within Ömie territory.

The border as well as the lines that run through the work are known as orriseegé or ’pathways’ and provide a compositional framework for the design. This design is jov’e Umborrida romajëhije’e böröme representing the powerful force of the Jordan River when it is in flood. Sarah explains how the river is capable of uprooting and carrying off enormous trees. The three villages of Gora are situated by the banks of the Jordan River. The triangular crosshatch...