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 CELESTINE WARINA (KAARU) of Omie Artists. The title is Taguré (siha’e, udane une, sabu’ahe ohu’o cobburé jö’o si’o si’o ve’e) – Old tree rotting with new, small plants growing from it (with fruit of the Sihe tree, eggs of the Giant Spiny Stick Insect, spots of the wood-boring grub and pattern of a snake’s lip). [15-076] (Natural Pigments on Nioge (Barkcloth)) Australian Indigenous (Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander) artwork by CELESTINE WARINA (KAARU) of Omie Artists. The title is Taguré (siha’e, udane une, sabu’ahe ohu’o cobburé jö’o si’o si’o ve’e) – Old tree rotting with new, small plants growing from it (with fruit of the Sihe tree, eggs of the Giant Spiny Stick Insect, spots of the wood-boring grub and pattern of a snake’s lip). [15-076] (Natural Pigments on Nioge (Barkcloth))
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CELESTINE WARINA (KAARU)

Taguré (siha’e, udane une, sabu’ahe ohu’o cobburé jö’o si’o si’o ve’e) – Old tree rotting with new, small plants growing from it (with fruit of the Sihe tree, eggs of the Giant Spiny Stick Insect, spots of the wood-boring grub and pattern of a snake’s lip)
Taguré (siha’e, udane une, sabu’ahe ohu’o cobburé jö’o si’o si’o ve’e)...

15-076
Natural Pigments on Nioge (Barkcloth)
 Taguré (siha’e, udane une, sab… | 15-076
Natural Pigments on Nioge (Barkclot…
 140 x 63cm | 55.12 x 24.8in (irregular)
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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 design is taguré, representing new, small plants growing out from an old tree which has fallen and its trunk is rotting on the forest floor.

The short lines that run parallel through the orriseegé are udane une, the eggs of the Giant Spiny Stick Insect (Eurycantha calcarata).

The spots within the orriseegé 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 Huvaimo (Mt. Lamington) came to be volcanic. It is a traditional soru’e (tattoo design) which was most commonly tattooed as a band of spots under each eye. Today it is applied to Ömie people’s faces for dance performances with natural pigments.

The lines that run diagonally edge to edge through the orriseegé are cobburé jö’o si’o si’o ve’e, the pattern of the snake’s mouth.

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 design is taguré, representing new, small plants growing out from an old tree which has fallen and its trunk is rotting on the forest floor.

The short lines that run parallel through the orriseegé are udane une, the eggs of the Giant Spiny...