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 Une ohu’o esoe - Coconut shell drinking vessel and woven string-bag. [12-212] (Ink on Schoolbook Paper) Australian Indigenous (Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander) artwork by FATE SAVARI (ISAWDI) of Omie Artists. The title is Une ohu’o esoe - Coconut shell drinking vessel and woven string-bag. [12-212] (Ink on Schoolbook Paper)
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FATE SAVARI (ISAWDI) (dec)

Une ohu’o esoe - Coconut shell drinking vessel and woven string-bag
12-212
Ink on Schoolbook Paper
 Une ohu’o esoe - Coconut shell… | 12-212
Ink on Schoolbook Paper
 22.5 x 17cm | 8.86 x 6.69in (irregular)
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In 2012 at Gora Art Centre, Fate Savari presented a schoolbook she had obtained from her granddaughter. It was filled from front to back with drawings about her ancestral Ömie stories (including the Ömie creation story), histories, culture and clan designs. There were also some loose pages in the front and back of the schoolbook and more drawings on paper wrapped up in a larger drawing on paper. Fate created the book and drawings because she felt a great urgency to record her profound knowledge before she passed away. This is one of the special drawings from that first presentation of drawings.

This an ancestral story about a man who used a coconut shell (une) as a drinking vessel. The man climbed the tree and chopped the branches down. He felt thirsty so he used a coconut shell (une) to drink. He kept the une is his esoe (woven string-bag or bilum).

In 2012 at Gora Art Centre, Fate Savari presented a schoolbook she had obtained from her granddaughter. It was filled from front to back with drawings about her ancestral Ömie stories (including the Ömie creation story), histories, culture and clan designs. There were also some loose pages in the front and back of the schoolbook and more drawings on paper wrapped up in a larger drawing on paper. Fate created the book and drawings because she felt a great urgency to record her profound...