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 Mwe (ije bi’weje; garor’e ohu’o gori han’e; webe ija ahe; vahuhu ija ahe; uga’areteh ohu’o tabarisé) – Gardens. [OM10-070] (Natural Pigments on Nioge (Barkcloth)) Australian Indigenous (Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander) artwork by FATE SAVARI (ISAWDI) of Omie Artists. The title is Mwe (ije bi’weje; garor’e ohu’o gori han’e; webe ija ahe; vahuhu ija ahe; uga’areteh ohu’o tabarisé) – Gardens. [OM10-070] (Natural Pigments on Nioge (Barkcloth))
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Mwe (ije bi’weje; garor’e ohu’o gori han’e; webe ija ahe; vahuhu ija ahe; uga’areteh ohu’o tabarisé) – Gardens
Mwe (ije bi’weje; garor’e ohu’o gori han’e; webe ija ahe; vahuhu ija ahe;...

OM10-070
Natural Pigments on Nioge (Barkcloth)
 Mwe (ije bi’weje; garor’e ohu’… | OM10-070
Natural Pigments on Nioge (Barkclot…
 135 x 50cm | 53.15 x 19.69in
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Fate explains how the squares in this painting are all of the gardens (mwe) in Ömie territory which are nurtured by the people bringing abundant food and happiness.

The gardens are filled in with many different tradtional tattoo designs including:
ije bi’weje – boys cutting the leaves of a tree. The mother was cleaning the bush to make a garden with her two young sons. The boys climbed a tree to cut all of the branches and leaves down. The branches fell down and the mother took all of the leaves and threw them away. Then the mother got plenty of bananas, taro and yam to plant in their newly cleared garden. When they finished planting all of the plants, they ate all of the food from the garden and lived a long life.

garor’e ohu’o gori han’e – palm tree trunk and leaves
webe ija ahe – cuscus bones
vahuhu ija ahe – snake bones
uga’areteh – bird sitting on the branch of a tree
tabarisé – men’s ceremonial seed necklace.

These necklaces are made from white seeds and have two strands which cross over each other across a man’s chest. They were often worn by men for their initiation ceremonies after emerging from the guai, the underground tattooing site.

Fate explains how the squares in this painting are all of the gardens (mwe) in Ömie territory which are nurtured by the people bringing abundant food and happiness.

The gardens are filled in with many different tradtional tattoo designs including:
ije bi’weje – boys cutting the leaves of a tree. The mother was cleaning the bush to make a garden with her two young sons. The boys climbed a tree to cut all of the branches and leaves down. The branches fell down and the mother...