Nuni'e (Eye design)
2006

Flora Oviro (Anu)

Medium: natural pigments on nioge (woman's barkcloth skirt)
Measurements: 125.0 × 87.8 cm
Place/s of Execution: Savodobehi village, Oro Province, Papua New Guinea
Accession Number: 2007.381
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
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Gallery location: Not on display
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.