Hilda’s birth mother is Fate Savari (Isawdi), Chief of Dahorurajé clan women. Her mother-in-law is Flora Mekio. She is married to Edgar Mekio and is learning old Ematé clan barkcloth designs that her mother-in-law painted as well as from her mother Fate Savari.
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Hilda MekioNuni’e, visuanö’e, sabu ahe, dahoru’e, vinohu’e ohu’o bubori anö’e - Design of the eye, teeth of the river fish, spots of the wood-boring grub, Ömie mountains, Ujawé initiation design of the navel, and Papuan Hornbill beaks, 2023locally sourced natural pigments on nioge (hand beaten barkcloth)104 x 65 cm
