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Siha'e, jö'o sor'e ohu'o taigu taigu'e (Fruit, uncurling fern fronds and leaf pattern)

Pauline-Rose Hago (Derami)
Siha'e, jö'o sor'e ohu'o taigu taigu'e (Fruit, uncurling fern fronds and leaf pattern)
 2006

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

Measurements
155.0 × 79.5 cm

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

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Gallery location
Not on display

Artwork Details

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

Accession Number
2007.388

Department
Pacific Art

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Physical description
The artist's interpretation of traditional iconography taught to her by her grandmothers, many of these designs were tattooed on the bodies of young people during seclusion to indicate when they emerged that they were initiated Ömie clan members.

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