TITIMAN LISESEO, evil’s breast


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Eric Vandendriessche and Agnès Henri , “TITIMAN LISESEO, evil’s breast,” String figures, accessed February 25, 2026, https://stringfigures.huma-num.fr/items/show/123.
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  • Name : TITIMAN LISESEO, evil’s breast

  • Creator : Eric Vandendriessche and Agnès Henri

  • Contributor(s) : Mata, village of Fona, Ambrym, Vanuatu
    Johnson Koran, village of Fona, Ambrym, Vanuatu
    Rachel, village of Bahaltalam, Ambrym, Vanuatu

  • Date : 2016-2017


  • Information on the string figure
  • Liseseo is an 'evil' (tevel) who hides inside banian trees. Its voice sounds like a human voice, and one can sometime hear it either talking or singing.
    1. Hold the loop on 2
    2. Distally, insert 5 into 2 loops, pick up 2n and return.
    3. 1 pick up 2f and retrun.
    4. Proximally, insert L2 into R2 loop and return to position.
    5. Distally, insert R2 into both upper L2 loop. Proximally, insert R2 into lower L2 loop, and return to position.
    6. Transfer 2 loops to w
    7. Distally, insert 2 into 1 loops, hook up 1f. Distally, insert 2 into 5 loops, hook up 5n. Open the palms.
    8. Seize between L2 and L1 both R2n and R1f where they cross. Release R1, R2 and R5 loops. Insert R5 away from you into the former R1 loop. Insert R1 towards you into the former R2 loop.
    9. Left hand returns to position and repeat Step 4 on the left side.
    10. Repeat Steps 7-9 twice
    11. Distally, insert 2 into 1 loops, pick up 1f. Distally, insert 2 into 5 loops, hook up 5n. Open the palms.
    12. Place the upper right wrist loop between R1 and R2. L1 and L2 grasp R2n, R1f and the former right wrist loop where they cross. Release right hand. Insert R5 away from you into the former R1 loop and insert R1 away from you into both former R1 loop and R2 loop (but not into the former right wrist loop).
    13. Repeat Step 12 on the left side.
    14. Caroline extension.
    15. Release wrist loops.

    $\underline{O}.A_{6}:\underline{TF}(2\infty,w):[\overline{i}2(1\infty):p2(1f):\overline{h}2(5n):sL12(R2n\&R1f):rR1,R2,R5: \underline{i}R5(nL12\infty):\underline{i}R1(fL12\infty): rL12: repeat RH]^{3}:\overline{i}2(1\infty):p2(1f):\overline{h}2(5n):sL12(Rwn):\overrightarrow{m}L12(R\infty):sL12(R2n,R1f):rR1,R2,R5:\underline{i}R15(nL12\infty)\underline{i}R1(fL12\infty):rL12: repeat~RH: \underline{E}.C: rw\infty\mid$
  • Item references
  • Key words : String figures, Ambrym Island (Vanuatu)

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

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

  • Format : jpeg, eaf, mp4

  • Language : English, North Ambrymese language

  • Location : Village of Fona, North Ambrym, Vanuatu, South Pacific

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

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