Group of 12 barkcloth paintings
Various
- Art Funded
- 2012
- Dimensions
- Various
- Art Fund grant
- £17,500 (Total: £39,650)
- Vendor
- Omie Artists
The female Ömie artists draw inspiration from the local landscape as well as traditional Papuan tattoo designs. They range from senior figures, such as Brenda Kesi, to younger artists, such as Flora Oviro. Each artist works in their own recognisable style Kesi uses appliqué while Oviro paintgs using a grid pattern but they all work within the Papuan tradition of barkcloth painting. These paintings were and in some areas still are vital to ceremonial and social aspects of Papuan culture.
Provenance
Omie artists
Share
Museum of Archaeology and Anthropology
Downing Street, Cambridge, Cambridgeshire, CB2 3DZ
01223 333516
Website
Opening times
Tue – Sat, 10.30am – 4.30pm
Sun, 12noon – 4.30pm
Closed for approximately one week at Christmas and the New Year (please check website for dates) and on on Good Friday and Easter Sunday