VYU, rifle

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Citation

Eric Vandendriessche and Agnès Henri , “VYU, rifle,” String figures, accessed February 24, 2026, https://stringfigures.huma-num.fr/items/show/128.
  • Overall presentation

  • Name : VYU, rifle

  • Creator : Eric Vandendriessche and Agnès Henri

  • Contributor(s) : Mata, village of Fona, Ambrym, Vanuatu

  • Date : 2016-2017


  • Information on the string figure

    • General presentation of the string figure

    This string figure represents a rifle.

    Construction method (ISFA)

    1. Opening M
    2. Transfer proximal R2 loop to w. Proximally, insert L345 into both proximal and distal L2 loops.
    3. Turn L palm downwards. Simultaneously, rotate LH and R2, horizontally 360° anticlockwise.
    4. Repeat 3 twice.
    5. Proximally, insert R345 into R2 loop. Simultaneously, LH grasps the loops, R345 hook down 2n. Rotate RH anticlockwise.

    Construction method (symbolic writing)

    $\underline{O}.M: TF(lR2\infty): \underline{i}L345(2\infty^{2}):vr^{+}LH:[hr^+(LH, R2)]^2:\underline{i}R345(L2\infty):gLH(s):\underline{h}R345(R2n):vr^{+}RH\mid$
  • 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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