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Nuni'e (Eye design)
2006

Medium
natural pigments on nioge (woman's barkcloth skirt)

Measurements
125.0 × 87.8 cm

Credit Line
National Gallery of Victoria, Melbourne
Gift of David Baker, 2007
© the artist

Gallery location
Not on display

Artwork Details

Place/s of Execution
Savodobehi village, Oro Province, Papua New Guinea

Accession Number
2007.381

Department
Pacific Art

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Physical description
The painting depicts pattern created when weaving 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 concentric squares.