THE ART OF ISAWDI (FATE SAVARI)

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

THE ART OF ISAWDI (FATE SAVARI)

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

Australian Indigenous (Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander) artwork by FATE SAVARI (ISAWDI) of Omie Artists. The title is Misa’eje clan story of the brother and sister discovering the Kunnoo’ino tree (Mwe, jaji’e sor’e, dubidubi hané, marové ohu’o marové hané) - Misa’eje clan story of the brother and sister discovering the Kunnoo’ino tree (with the brother’s garden, tattoo designs on the brother’s body, orchid leaves, fig tree and leaves of the fig tree). [14-129] (Natural Pigments on Nioge (Woman’s Barkcloth Skirt)) Australian Indigenous (Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander) artwork by FATE SAVARI (ISAWDI) of Omie Artists. The title is Misa’eje clan story of the brother and sister discovering the Kunnoo’ino tree (Mwe, jaji’e sor’e, dubidubi hané, marové ohu’o marové hané) - Misa’eje clan story of the brother and sister discovering the Kunnoo’ino tree (with the brother’s garden, tattoo designs on the brother’s body, orchid leaves, fig tree and leaves of the fig tree). [14-129] (Natural Pigments on Nioge (Woman’s Barkcloth Skirt))
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FATE SAVARI (ISAWDI) (dec)

Misa’eje clan story of the brother and sister discovering the Kunnoo’ino tree (Mwe, jaji’e sor’e, dubidubi hané, marové ohu’o marové hané) - Misa’eje clan story of the brother and sister discovering the Kunnoo’ino tree (with the brother’s garden, tattoo designs on the brother’s body, orchid leaves, fig tree and leaves of the fig tree)
Misa’eje clan story of the brother and sister discovering the Kunnoo’ino...

14-129
Natural Pigments on Nioge (Woman’s Barkcloth Skirt)
 Misa’eje clan story of the bro… | 14-129
Natural Pigments on Nioge (Woman’s …
 100 x 63.5cm | 39.37 x 25in (irregular)
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Fate has painted the Ancestral story belonging to the Misa-eje clan—Fate’s late husband Fall Savari’s clan. She explains the story: “In the times of the Ancestors there was a brother and a sister. When they were out hunting they came across a big tree standing in the middle of the forest known as the Kunnoo’ino tree.”

The two juxtaposed circular/central motifs are ijo behe, representing the trunks of the Kunnoo’ino tree. The lines that fan out from the circles are the man’s gardens with the cross-hatch design marov’e han’e, leaves of the fig tree.

Fate was actively painting for Omie Artists at Gora Village Art Centre between 2008-2019 and during that period she painted this design only three times, this piece being the most detailed and complex example of the story, with a highly resolved composition.

Fate has painted the Ancestral story belonging to the Misa-eje clan—Fate’s late husband Fall Savari’s clan. She explains the story: “In the times of the Ancestors there was a brother and a sister. When they were out hunting they came across a big tree standing in the middle of the forest known as the Kunnoo’ino tree.”

The two juxtaposed circular/central motifs are ijo behe, representing the trunks of the Kunnoo’ino tree. The lines that fan out from...