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 Mododa’e diburi’e hijë’oho (sihoti’e taliobamë’e) - The Tail-Feathers of the Swift in Flight. [OM10-065] (Mud, Nioge (Barkcloth)) Australian Indigenous (Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander) artwork by SARAH UGIBARI of Omie Artists. The title is Mododa’e diburi’e hijë’oho (sihoti’e taliobamë’e) - The Tail-Feathers of the Swift in Flight. [OM10-065] (Mud, Nioge (Barkcloth))
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SARAH UGIBARI

Mododa’e diburi’e hijë’oho (sihoti’e taliobamë’e) - The Tail-Feathers of the Swift in Flight
Mododa’e diburi’e hijë’oho (sihoti’e taliobamë’e) - The Tail-Feathers...

OM10-065
Mud, Nioge (Barkcloth)
 Mododa’e diburi’e hijë’oho (si… | OM10-065
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Sarah Ugibari has created the second part of the design of the modadai bird (swift). The diamond design represents the tailfeathers of the modadai when it is in flight. This is an ancestral sihoti’e design (design of the mud) whose origins can be traced back to the Koruwo village area on the Managalasi plateau c.1880. sihoti’e (mud-dyed barkcloth) represents women’s menstrual blood, relating to the creation story of the first Ömie people, Mina and Suja.

Sarah has sewn another barkcloth to the back of this design. This is the traditional way of creating a sihoti’e piece, just as her mother taught her. Sarah explains ,“When I was sewing the cloth to the back of the sihoti’e design I remembered my mother teaching me to do this and it made me very sad and I cried for her... but I am happy to now be continuing our artistic traditions to keep our culture strong”.

Sarah Ugibari has created the second part of the design of the modadai bird (swift). The diamond design represents the tailfeathers of the modadai when it is in flight. This is an ancestral sihoti’e design (design of the mud) whose origins can be traced back to the Koruwo village area on the Managalasi plateau c.1880. sihoti’e (mud-dyed barkcloth) represents women’s menstrual blood, relating to the creation story of the first Ömie people, Mina and Suja.

Sarah has sewn...