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We hold our mothers' teachings in our hearts and hands: Bark cloths from PNG

Past exhibition
1 - 31 August 2011
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Open a larger version of the following image in a popup: Diona Jonevari (Suwarari), asimano'e, mahudano'e, taigu taigu'e ohu'o odunaigo'e- a man's head, pig's tusks (traditional wealth), pattern of a leaf and jungle vine

Diona Jonevari (Suwarari) Papua NewGuinean, b. 1978

asimano'e, mahudano'e, taigu taigu'e ohu'o odunaigo'e- a man's head, pig's tusks (traditional wealth), pattern of a leaf and jungle vine
natural pigments on nioge (barkcloth)
199 x 120 cm
787378
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Diona was taught to paint this design by her mother-in-law Dapeni Jonevari, Chief of Emate clan women. The rows and circles are asimano'e - the heads of men. Dapeni explains...
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Diona was taught to paint this design by her mother-in-law Dapeni Jonevari, Chief of Emate clan women. The rows and circles are asimano'e - the heads of men. Dapeni explains how this design is uehorero (her own wisdom) and came to her in a dream. Diona has taken the design even further and has painted mahudano'e (pig's tusks - traditional Omie wealth) inside the men's heads. The surrounding streams of zig-zagging lines and curling offshoots are traditional soru'e (tattoo designs) known as taigu taigu'e (leaf pattern) and odunaigo'e (a climbing jungle vine with thorns and tendrils). The straight lines running through the painting are known as orriseege or 'pathways' which provide a compositional framework to the designs.
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