white edged horizontal louvered

Green plastilene covered pattern; plaster edged tongue depressors; unpainted mild steel H beam base.

Documentation: BerniO 1/6 26.0”H x 19.0“W x 4.0”D

Weight: 25.0 lbs. +/-

Working name: White Edged Horizontal Louvered

Tribal name: Som Morobe Province, northwest Huon pensinsula, on middle Som river, a tributary of the Uruwa river, east of Wantoat language area.

Artist name: White Edged Horizontal Louvered

Conception number: 76 of an estimated 810 PNG languages.

Made number: 662

a store with no food

a library with no books

sad reality

cuts

Green plastilene covered pattern; unpainted mild steel H beam base.

Documentation: BerniO 1/6 26.0”H x 18.0”W x 4.0”D

Weight: 25.0 lbs. +/-

Working name: Green With Slices

Tribal name: Somba-Siawari Morobe Province, Finchhafen district, Central Huon peninsula, south of Cromwell Range, Burum river valley and west slopes of Kuat river.

Artist name: Cuts

Conception number: 66 of an estimated 810 PNG languages.

Made number: 663

at morning wash-up

cuts, bruises, and insect bites

recap of field work

pinched

Green plastiline over pattern; ceramic tiles; unpainted mild steel H beam base.

Documentation: BerniO 1/6 26.0”H x 18.0”W x 4.0”D

Weight: 25.0 lbs. +/-

Working name: Green Tile

Tribal name: Sonia Western and Southern Highlands provinces, west and southwest of Bosavi.

Artist name: Pinched

Conception number: 817

Made number: 664

mosses and lichens

the greens of portlandia

whereas POM is browns

negative with copper sheet

Curved wood and copper pattern; unpainted mild steel H beam base. (Curved pattern series).

Documentation: BerniO 1/6 19.0”H x 17.5”W x 4.0”D

Weight: 22.0 lbs. +/-

Working name: Negative With Copper Sheet

Tribal name: Sop Madang Province, Usino-Bundi district, Usino subdistrict, northeast of Ramu valley.

Artist name: Negative With Copper Sheet

Conception number: 816

Made number: 665

a studio match

mister brown meets missus green

such a lovely pair

great power

Polychromatic curved wood pattern; ceramic tile; unfinished mild steel H beam base. (Curved pattern series).

Documentation: BerniO 1/6 31.0”H x 24.0”W x 4.0”D

Weight: 31.0 lbs. +/-

Working name: None

Tribal name: Sori-Harengan Manus Province, Manus island northwest coast; Sori and Harengan islands.

Artist name: Great Power

Conception number: 797 of an estimated 810 PNG languages.

Made number: 666

I can emanate,

or bring inside to my sponge

days are give or take

fly wire

Painted and shellacked curved wood pattern; patinated (funky blue) on bronze/copper screen; unfinished mild steel H beam base. (Curved pattern series).

Documentation: BerniO 1/6 31.0”H x 24.0”W x 4.0”D

Weight: 29 lbs. +/-

Working name: Fly Wire Negative

Tribal name: Sos Kundi East Sepik Province, Angoram Yangoru Saussia, and Wosera Gawi district villages. Center is Kwaliangua village.

Artist name: Fly Wire

Conception number: 815

Made number: 667

cabin on a lake

at night the insects will fly

to find my lantern

scraped green off white

White pattern; green plastiline; unpainted mild steel H beam base.

Documentation: BerniO 1/6 26.0”H x 17.5”W x 4.0”D

Weight: 25.0 lbs. +/-

Working name: Scraped

Tribal name: Sowanda Sandaun Province, Amanab district.

Artist name: Scraped Green Off White

Conception number: 818

Made number: 668

nineteen seventy

grass stains on my cutoff shorts

a snow white t-shirt

scraped green off (blue over red)

Polychromatic pattern; green plastiline, unpainted mild steel H beam base.

Documentation: BerniO 1/6 26.0”H x 17.5”W x 4.0”D

Weight: 25.0 lbs. +/-

Working name: Scraped Too

Tribal name: Suarmin Sandaun Province, Telefomin district, Kenu river hamlets; Om river tributary. Near Duranmin airstrip.

Artist name: Scraped Green Off (Blue Over Red)

Conception number: 822

Made number: 669

liner was scummy

Timmy had a pool like this

shit, we did not care

raw bronze - unchased

Silicon bronze; black painted mild steel channel; (safety glass not shown).

Documentation: BerniO 1/6 12.0”H x 7.0”W x 3.0”D

Weight: 8.5 lbs. +/-

Working name: Totally Raw

Tribal name: Suau Milne Bay Province, southeasternmost Papua mainland.

Artist name: Raw Bronze - Unchased

Conception number: 028 of an estimated 810 PNG languages.

Made number: 670

Kitten number: 153

right from the sand mold

some stuck sand and flashing

a touch of pink hue

raw bronze unchased with vents

Silicon bronze casting; black painted mild steel channel base; (safety glass not shown).

Documentation: BerniO 1/6 12.0”H x 7.0”W x 3.0”D

Weight: 8.5 lbs. +/-

Working name: Raw With Vents

Tribal name: Sudest Milne Bay Province, Yama-Yele district, Tagula island, west of Rossel island, end of Calvados chain.

Artist name: Raw Bronze Unchased With Vents

Conception number: 823 of an estimated 810 PNG languages.

Made number: 671

Kitten number: 154

like an ocean catch

when this reaches the table

nothing is fresher

oxidizing

Pattern; ceramic tiles; unpainted mild steel H beam base.

Documentation: BerniO 1/6 26.0”H x 18.0”W x 4.0”D

Weight: 25.0 lbs. +/-

Working name: All Off Whites

Tribal name: Suena

Artist name: Oxidizing

Conception number: 819

Made number: 672

a rummage sale find

rusty or lacking polish

could be a treasure