Ömie Artists
Fate Savari (Isawdi), Amami nioge (sabu deje, mi’ija’ahe, ije bi’weje, moköjö bineb’e, dubidubi’e, nenyai, ohu’o mwe) #17-024
natural pigments on nioge (barkcloth)
114 x 62 cm
Cloth of the Ancestors (with spots of the wood-boring grub; animal bones; boys chopping tree branches; chest feathers of the red parrot; leaves of the dubi’e plant that grows on the mountaintop; women’s woven white shell headband; and gardens)