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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: Lillias Bujava (Kausara), siha-e, visuano'e, buboriano'e, vavore deje ohu'o burejihano'e - Fruit of the tree, teeth of the fish, beaks of Blyth's Hornbill, back of the bush rope and leaf design on the woven mat

Lillias Bujava (Kausara) Papua New Guinean, Omie, b. 1977

siha-e, visuano'e, buboriano'e, vavore deje ohu'o burejihano'e - Fruit of the tree, teeth of the fish, beaks of Blyth's Hornbill, back of the bush rope and leaf design on the woven mat
natural pigments on nioge (barkcloth)
130 x 89 cm
787965
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The lines that run through the work are known as orriseege or pathways and provide a compositional framework for the design. The fine repetitious stripes within the orriseege is burejihano'e,...
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The lines that run through the work are known as orriseege or pathways and provide a compositional framework for the design. The fine repetitious stripes within the orriseege is burejihano'e, a design which was originally inspired from a naturally occuring pattern found on the dried pandanus leaves of traditional mats. This pattern is thought to be created by an insect and is much admired. The diamond design is siha'e, the fruit of the tree, and within the diamonds is the design vavore deje, the back of the bush rope. Siha'e is framed by the chevron design visuano'e, the teeth of the fish. The zig-zagging triangular designs are buboriano'e, the beaks of Blyth's Hornbill (Rhyticeros plicatus). Hornbills are the largest flying birds that can be found in the Omie mountains. In the time of the ancestors their huge conical bills and casques were prized objects. Several beaks would be used to create a mans daramoi (headband) which were worn during ceremonies and rituals.
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