NINIVA, sacha sandia fruit

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Citation

David Jabin, “NINIVA, sacha sandia fruit,” String figures, accessed February 24, 2026, https://stringfigures.huma-num.fr/items/show/121.
  • Overall presentation

  • Name : NINIVA, sacha sandia fruit

  • Creator : David Jabin

  • Contributor(s) : Reinelia Pérez, Samaria village, Nivacle Unida comunity, Central Chaco, Paraguay.

  • Date : 2019-2020


  • Information on the string figure

    • Construction method (ISFA)

    1. Opening M.
    2. Rotate R1 loop 180° anticlockwise.
    3. Proximally, insert 345 into 1 and 2 loops, hook down 2n.
    4. Release 1.
    5. 1 pick up the middle transverse string.
    6. Release 2.
    7. R2 hooks up the string forming the left side the central triangle lacted in the centre of the figure
    8. L2 hooks up the string that previously formed the right side of the same triangle.
    9. Proximally, insert 2 into 1 loops, hook up 1n and return (twisting of 2).
    10. Release 134
    11. Extend.
  • 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 If it is available, you can see the video with subtitles by clicking here If it is available, you can see the video with subtitles by clicking here If it is available, you can see the video with subtitles by clicking here

  • Language : Spanish

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

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

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