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Open a larger version of the following image in a popup: Celestine Warina, Dahoru’e (udane une, sabu’ahe ohu’o cobburé jö’o si’o si’o ve’e), 2018

Celestine Warina PNG, Omie, b. c.1947

Dahoru’e (udane une, sabu’ahe ohu’o cobburé jö’o si’o si’o ve’e), 2018
natural pigments on nioge (barkcloth)
123 x 59 cm
18-001
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Celestine has painted traditional Sahuoté clan designs. The lines that run through the painting are known as orriseegé or ‘pathways’ and provide a compositional framework for the design. The main...
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Celestine has painted traditional Sahuoté clan designs. The lines that run through the painting are known as orriseegé or ‘pathways’ and provide a compositional framework for the design.

The main zig-zag design is dahoru’e, the design of the Ömie mountains - the prominent feature of the sacred homelands of the Ömie people.

The short lines that run parallel through the dahoru’e and orriseegé are udane une, the eggs of the Giant Spiny Stick Insect (Eurycantha calcarata).

The spots within the orriseegé and dahoru’e is a design called sabu ahe representing the spots which can be seen on the sides of a wood-boring grub. This grub is sacred to Ömie people as it plays an important part within the creation story of how Huvaimo (Mt. Lamington) came to be volcanic. It is a traditional soru’e (tattoo design) which was most commonly tattooed as a band of spots under each eye. Today it is applied to Ömie people’s faces for dance performances with natural pigments.

The lines that run diagonally edge to edge through the orriseegé and dahoru’e are cobburé jö’o si’o si’o ve’e, the pattern of the snake’s mouth.
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