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 STELLA ÜPIA (AGISÉ) of Omie Artists. The title is Vahuhu sine – Skin of the Yellow Snake. [OM10-083] (Natural Pigments on Nioge (Barkcloth)) Australian Indigenous (Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander) artwork by STELLA ÜPIA (AGISÉ) of Omie Artists. The title is Vahuhu sine – Skin of the Yellow Snake. [OM10-083] (Natural Pigments on Nioge (Barkcloth))
19/33

STELLA ÜPIA (AGISÉ)

Vahuhu sine – Skin of the Yellow Snake
OM10-083
Natural Pigments on Nioge (Barkcloth)
 Vahuhu sine – Skin of the Yell… | OM10-083
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This design is vahuhu sine – skin of the yellow snake. It was taught to Stella by her husband Randolph Üpia who remembers the design from his grandfather. Randolph’s grandfather belonged to the Nanaorajé clan and lived in the villages of Boroviro, Bureri and Tuberaho which were situated between Enjoro and Asapa. 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.