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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: Jean-Mary Warrimou (Hujama), sodireje - rocks forming from minerals at the volcanic headwaters of the Girua River

Jean-Mary Warrimou (Hujama) Papua New Guinean, Omie, b. 1967

sodireje - rocks forming from minerals at the volcanic headwaters of the Girua River
natural pigments on nioge (barkcloth)
99 x 83 cm
787958
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Jean-Mary was on the highly sacred Mt. Omie - the first mountain - which forms part of the greater volcano Huvaemo, or Mt. Lamington. The mighty headwaters of the Girua...
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Jean-Mary was on the highly sacred Mt. Omie - the first mountain - which forms part of the greater volcano Huvaemo, or Mt. Lamington. The mighty headwaters of the Girua River flow down from Mt. Omie. It is here that the first man and woman, Mina and Suja, were created. At this site, Jean-Mary observed a curious phenomenon of rock forming on the waterfall rockface and then again in the river, built up from the high concentration of minerals from the volcanic water. Using uehorero (her own wisdom) she was inspired to create this design - sodireje, rock forming from minerals. The lines that run through the work are known as orriseege or pathways and provide a compositional framework for the design.
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