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 Untitled. [12-221] (Ink on Schoolbook Paper) Australian Indigenous (Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander) artwork by FATE SAVARI (ISAWDI) of Omie Artists. The title is Untitled. [12-221] (Ink on Schoolbook Paper)
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FATE SAVARI (ISAWDI) (dec)

Untitled
12-221
Ink on Schoolbook Paper
 Untitled | 12-221
Ink on Schoolbook Paper
 29.3 x 21cm | 11.54 x 8.27in (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.

The designs in this drawing are related to the creation story of Mina and Sija, the first people at the site of their home on Mount Obo, near the volcano Huvaimo. Clearly vene vitwe (the first fire) which Fate drew elsewhere in the schoolbook of 2012 can be seen. The footprints are an ancestor, almost certainly Mina or Suja.

The name written on the sheet of paper in the corner was not written by Fate, but by her granddaughter. Fate has drawn on her granddaughter’s paper.

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...