Jean is the daughter of Albert Sirimi (Nanati), the assistant paramount Chief of Ömie men. She is married to Marumo Niduvé. Ematé clan elder Brenda Kesi (Ariré) remembered seeing Jean’s mother-in-law painting barkcloth clan designs, and taught Jean to paint them in 2012. Over the past decade, 2012-2022, Jean has developed into an artist of exceptional painting skill and talent. The emergence and survival of her strong ancestral barkcloth painting designs is quite miraculous for the present day.

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