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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: Rhoda Oviro (Tuka), gobibajo'e- poison bubbles that stun the fish in the river

Rhoda Oviro (Tuka) Papua New Guinea, Omie, b. 1964

gobibajo'e- poison bubbles that stun the fish in the river
natural pigments on nioge (barkcloth)
90 x 84 cm
787972
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Rhoda was taught this design by her brother Nathan Gama, Chief of Emate clan men. Nathan clearly remembers the design as he would sit and watch their mother painting her...
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Rhoda was taught this design by her brother Nathan Gama, Chief of Emate clan men. Nathan clearly remembers the design as he would sit and watch their mother painting her nioge (barkcloth). The conjoined circles represent bubbles. When Omie people want to catch the small freshwater fish from the river they collect a poisonous root and pound it with rocks into the water. This water becomes milky and bubbly from the poison released from the roots and the fish become asphyxiated, making for easy pickings. 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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