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 Ömie mountains, beaks of Blyth’s Hornbill, eggs of the Giant Spiny Stick Insect, spots of the wood-boring grub, pattern of the snake’s mouth, skin of the yellow snake and backbone of the green & whitespottedsnake. [OM10-040] (Natural Pigments on Nioge (Barkcloth)) Australian Indigenous (Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander) artwork by CELESTINE WARINA (KAARU) of Omie Artists. The title is Ömie mountains, beaks of Blyth’s Hornbill, eggs of the Giant Spiny Stick Insect, spots of the wood-boring grub, pattern of the snake’s mouth, skin of the yellow snake and backbone of the green & whitespottedsnake. [OM10-040] (Natural Pigments on Nioge (Barkcloth))
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CELESTINE WARINA (KAARU)

Ömie mountains, beaks of Blyth’s Hornbill, eggs of the Giant Spiny Stick Insect, spots of the wood-boring grub, pattern of the snake’s mouth, skin of the yellow snake and backbone of the green & whitespottedsnake
Ömie mountains, beaks of Blyth’s Hornbill, eggs of the Giant Spiny Stick...

OM10-040
Natural Pigments on Nioge (Barkcloth)
 Ömie mountains, beaks of Blyth… | OM10-040
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Celestine has painted traditional Sahuoté clan designs. The lines that run through the painting are known as orriseegé or ’pathways’ and provide a compositional framework for the design. The main zig-zag design is dahoru’e - the design of the Ömie mountains. The diamond shapes which can be seen inside the orriseegé is hi’odege - the design of the backbone of the green snake (hi’oi) that has black and white spots. The crosshatch design is vahuhu sine - the pattern of the yellow snake’s skin. The short lines that run parallel through the dahoru’e are udane une - the eggs of the Giant Spiny Stick Insect (Eurycantha calcarata). The compressed 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. The smaller triangles infilled with solid colour are buboriano’e - the design of the beaks of Blyth’s Hornbill (Rhyticeros plicatus). 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 sor’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.

Celestine has painted traditional Sahuoté clan designs. The lines that run through the painting are known as orriseegé or ’pathways’ and provide a compositional framework for the design. The main zig-zag design is dahoru’e - the design of the Ömie mountains. The diamond shapes which can be seen inside the orriseegé is hi’odege - the design of the backbone of the green snake (hi’oi) that has black and white spots. The crosshatch design is vahuhu...