Nom’e Javavamu Darugé I’jové (We Dance Our Designs to Life)

A Collection of Barkcloth Art from the Ömie Artists, Papua New Guinea

Nom’e Javavamu Darugé I’jové (We Dance Our Designs to Life)

A Collection of Barkcloth Art from the Ömie Artists, Papua New Guinea

Australian Indigenous (Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander) artwork by MARTHA-JEAN UHAMO (DOGARINE) of Omie Artists. The title is Misai ohu’o Samwé han’e – Misajé clan emblem of the river plant and leaves of the Samwé tree. [15-082] (Natural Pigments on Nioge (Barkcloth)) Australian Indigenous (Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander) artwork by MARTHA-JEAN UHAMO (DOGARINE) of Omie Artists. The title is Misai ohu’o Samwé han’e – Misajé clan emblem of the river plant and leaves of the Samwé tree. [15-082] (Natural Pigments on Nioge (Barkcloth))
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MARTHA-JEAN UHAMO (DOGARINE)

Misai ohu’o Samwé han’e – Misajé clan emblem of the river plant and leaves of the Samwé tree
Misai ohu’o Samwé han’e – Misajé clan emblem of the river plant and leaves...

15-082
Natural Pigments on Nioge (Barkcloth)
 Misai ohu’o Samwé han’e – Misa… | 15-082
Natural Pigments on Nioge (Barkclot…
 85 x 76cm | 33.46 x 29.92in (irregular)
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Martha-Jean has painted misai, the Misajé clan emblem of the river plant. When Martha-Jean married her husband, she became a part of his clan and was taught this clan-emblem by her mother-in-law.

The smaller leaves seen throughout the work are the leaves of the Samwé tree.