The border and the lines that run through the work are known as orriseegé or ‘pathways’ and provide a compositional framework for the designs. The solid black sawtooth designs as well as the zig-zags with curled ends are sin’e sor’e, otherwise known as taigu taigu’e. These are ancestral tattoo designs representing the pattern of a leaf. The spots within the orriseegé are sabu deje, the spots of the wood-boring grub. This grub is sacred to Ömie people as it plays an important part within the creation story of how Huvaemo (Mt. Lamington) came to be volcanic. It is a traditional sor’e, tattoo design, which was most commonly tattooed running in one line under both eyes. Today it is applied to Ömie people’s faces for dance performances with natural pigments. The arrow motifs with the orriseegé border is visuanö’e, the teeth of the fish. The diamond design in the orriseegé border is siha’e, representing the fruit of the sihe tree. This is a yellow fruit found in the rainforest and often eaten by cassowaries. In the times of the ancestors Ömie people would chew the fruit, swallow the juice and spit out the pulp.