Collection Online
Medium
natural pigments on nioge (woman's barkcloth skirt)
Measurements
135.7 × 97.0 cm
Place/s of Execution
Savodobehi village, Oro Province, Papua New Guinea
Accession Number
2007.380
Department
Pacific Art
Credit Line
National Gallery of Victoria, Melbourne
Gift of David Baker, 2007
© the artist
This digital record has been made available on NGV Collection Online through the generous support of The Vizard Foundation
Gallery location
Not on display
Physical description
The artist explains that this is the pattern created when weaving an Ömie belt and armlets. It is a design of the eye which was once tattooed onto the bodies of Ömie clan members. The vigorous design is a farrago of triangles, spiralling squares and linked concentric circles.