JIVE’CLA (1), the moon

Citation

David Jabin, “JIVE’CLA (1), the moon,” String figures, accessed February 24, 2026, https://stringfigures.huma-num.fr/items/show/117.
  • Overall presentation

  • Name : JIVE’CLA (1), the moon

  • Creator : David Jabin

  • Contributor(s) : Félix Ramírez(†), Uj'e lhavos community, Filadelfia city and for the video, Reinelia Pérez, Samaria village, Nivacle Unida comunity, Central Chaco, Paraguay.

  • Date : 2019-2020


  • Information on the string figure

    • General presentation of the string figure

    The three-dimensional figure JIVE'CLA(1) represents a waxing crescent moon. JIVE'CLA(2) and is the symmetrical figure of JIVE'CLA(1) which is the a waning crescent moon.

    Construction method (ISFA)

    1. Opening A.
    2. Release 125 and put the distal part of the figure on the legs.
    3. 1 and 2 grasp the former 5f string and place it carefully between the former 2 and 1 loops.
    4. 1 and 2 grab the former L5n-R2f string (on both sides of the former R5n-L2f string) and put it, outward, slightly beyond the former 1n.
    5. 1 pick up the former 1n string and the former L5n-R2f string, 345 grab both of these strings. Extend with 2 pointing out and 1 pointing up.

    Close references (bibliography)

    The neighboring have identic figures (in this database).
    This figure and his symmetric had been also founded among the Maka (Braunstein, 1992a), among the Nivacle people of the Pilcomayo river (Sturzenegger, 1992) and western Wichi of Argentina (Braunstein, 1994).
  • Item references

  • Key words : String figures, Nivacle, paraguayan Chaco

  • Publisher : Laboratory SPHERE (UMR 7219, University of Paris & CNRS)

  • Rights : Creative Commons / Attribution-NonCommercial-ShareAlike CC BY-NC-SA

  • Format : jpeg, mp4, text

  • Language : Nivacle, spanish

  • Location : Filadelfia City and Village of Samaria, Boquerón Department, Paraguay, South America.

  • Description : Nivacle string figure, method of construction, linguistic data, cultural aspects

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