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Odunaige (Climbing vine with thorns and tendrils)
2006

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

Measurements
163.0 × 112.5 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
Budo village, Oro Province, Papua New Guinea

Accession Number
2007.387

Department
Pacific Art

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Physical description
The artist depicts Odunaige vines - when the odunege vine sway in the breeze, its small thorns latch onto surrounding vegetation and passersby. The odunege, once a key element of Ematé clan tattoos, has been adopted by members of the Ematé clan as an identifying insignia.