The lines that run through the work are known as orriseege or 'pathways' and provide the compositional framework for the design. The slanting square design at the top and bottom of the work is ve'i ija ahe, the tailbone of the lizard. The sawtooth rows of black triangles are vavore deje, the back of the bush rope. The zig-zagging triangular designs are the buboriano'e, the beaks of Blyth's Hornbill (Rhyticeros plicatus). Hornbills are the largest flying birds that can be found in the Omie mountains. In the time of the ancestors their huge conical bills and casques were prized objects. Several beaks would be used to create a man's daramoi (headband) which were worn during ceremonies and rituals. The smaller black marks within these triangles is a design called burejihano'e, which was originally inspired from a naturally occurring pattern found on the dried pandanus leaves of traditional mats. This pattern is thought to be created by an insect and is much admired. The diamond design is siha'e, the fruit tree, and is framed by the chevron design visuano'e, the teeth of the fish. The conjoined circles are jawumbimu'e, the mountain pine tree design.