Barbara Rauno (Inasu)

Born
1973
1973
Gorabuna village, Oro Province, Papua New Guinea
Lives
Tonobehi village, Oro Province, Papua New Guinea
Skin
Clan: Sahuoté
Language
Ömie

Barbara’s father is Albert Sirimi (Nanati), a Sahuoté clanman from Gorabuna village and assistant to his brother, the Paramount Chief of Ömie men, Willington Uruhé. Barbara’s grandmother was Avarro, the former Sahuoté clan chief who is still remembered today as a very important barkcloth painter. Albert remembers Avarro’s designs and has been teaching his daughter Barbara so that the Sahuoté clan tradition of barkcloth painting will live on long into the future. Barbara and her husband Douglas are the happy parents of seven children.

Copyright for the text remains with Ömie Artists Inc.

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Artworks

Barbara Rauno (Inasu)
Siha’e, sigaru anö’e ohu’o kukuhon’e soré (taigu taigu’e, jö’o sor’e ohu’o ori sigé) - Fruit of the tree, teeth of the beetle, and designs of the bamboo smoking pipe (pattern of a leaf, uncurling fern fronds and pathways)
2023
locally sourced natural pigments on hand-beaten nioge (woman’s barkcloth skirt)
97.5
50.5
50.5
cm
2500
Price on request
for set of
On Hold
SOLD
Not for sale
Price on request
Barbara Rauno (Inasu)
Siha’e, sigaru anö’e ohu’o kukuhon’e soré (taigu taigu’e, jö’o sor’e ohu’o ori sigé) - Fruit of the tree, teeth of the beetle, and designs of the bamboo smoking pipe (pattern of a leaf, uncurling fern fronds and pathways)
2023
locally sourced natural pigments on hand-beaten nioge (woman’s barkcloth skirt)
97.5
50.5
cm
Dimensions variable
2500
Price on request
for set of
On Hold
SOLD
Not for sale
Price on request