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 LILA WARRIMOU (MISASO) of Omie Artists. The title is The origin of Ömie barkcloth II (Sihoti’e – Mud Dyed Barkcloth). [OM10-060] (Natural Pigments on Nioge (Barkcloth)) Australian Indigenous (Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander) artwork by LILA WARRIMOU (MISASO) of Omie Artists. The title is The origin of Ömie barkcloth II (Sihoti’e – Mud Dyed Barkcloth). [OM10-060] (Natural Pigments on Nioge (Barkcloth))
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LILA WARRIMOU (MISASO)

The origin of Ömie barkcloth II (Sihoti’e – Mud Dyed Barkcloth)
OM10-060
Natural Pigments on Nioge (Barkcloth)
 The origin of Ömie barkcloth I… | OM10-060
Natural Pigments on Nioge (Barkclot…
 83 x 79cm | 32.68 x 31.1in (irregular)
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Lila has has created an example of the first Ömie nioge (barkcloth) ever produced as told in the Ömie creation story.  Sujo, the first woman and mother of the world, dyed the plain barkcloth in the river mud at jov’e Uhojo (Uhojo River) when her first menstrual period stopped under instruction from Mina, the first man.  This is the very origin of Ömie barkcloth art and so this object is highly sacred for Ömie people.

Note: This is the second work of a series which also includes works ÖM10-059 and ÖM10-061.

Lila has has created an example of the first Ömie nioge (barkcloth) ever produced as told in the Ömie creation story.  Sujo, the first woman and mother of the world, dyed the plain barkcloth in the river mud at jov’e Uhojo (Uhojo River) when her first menstrual period stopped under instruction from Mina, the first man.  This is the very origin of Ömie barkcloth art and so this object is highly sacred for Ömie people. Note: This is the second work of a series which...