Title: Bone of the lizard (with teeth of the fish, fruit of the sihe tree, beaks of the black parrot, and spots of the wood-boring grub)

Pauline-Rose Hago is one of the foremost painters of the Ujawé initiation tattoo designs. She learnt these designs from her father Willington Uruhé, the Paramount Chief of Ömie men, when she was a small girl.

The border and the bands that run through the work are known as orriseegé (pathways/paths) and provide a compositional framework for the design. The ore (path) designs originate from the time of the ancestors and relate to the intricate footpaths that run through food gardens and garden plots.

The dominant zigzag/triangular designs are vei ija ahe, representing the bone of the lizard. Within the main designs are many more detailed designs including the diamond design, siha'e, symbolising a yellow fruit (known as she) that is found in the rainforest and often eaten by cassowaries. In the time of the ancestors during times of tribal warfare, the Ömie male warriors had no food while they were defending their borders in the forest far from their villages so they survived by chewing the she fruit, swallowing the juice and then they would spit out the pulp. The siha'e design is often associated with the design called vinohue, the tattoo design applied to men's navels during the Ujawé initiation ceremony. The chevron design between the siha'e diamonds are visuanöe, the teeth of the fish. The small black triangles are moköjo jöe, representing the beaks of the black parrot. The spots seen throughout the painting are sabu deje, representing the spots which can be seen on the sides of a wood-boring grub. This grub is sacred to Omie people as it plays an important part within the creation story of how Huvaimo (Mount Lamington) came to be volcanic. It is a traditional sore (tattoo design) which was most commonly tattooed running in one line under both eyes. Today it is applied to Ömie people's faces for dance performances with natural pigments.