VERMAL, a rock

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Citation

Eric Vandendriessche and Agnès Henri , “VERMAL, a rock,” String figures, accessed February 24, 2026, https://stringfigures.huma-num.fr/items/show/129.
  • Overall presentation

  • Name : VERMAL, a rock

  • Creator : Eric Vandendriessche and Agnès Henri

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


  • Date : 2006
    2016-2017


  • Information on the string figure

    • General presentation of the string figure

    This string figure represents a sea rocks of the village Ranvethlam, North Ambrym.

    Construction method (ISFA)

    1. Opening A2
    2. 1 picks up 5n
    3. Caroline extension

    Opening A2

    1. Position I on LH
    2. R1 and R2 seize L palmar string. Extend.
    3. Repeat Step 2
    4. R5, distal to L5f, picks up L5f. R1, above L palmar string, picks up L palmar string. Return to position

    Construction method (symbolic writing)

    $\underline{O}.A_{2}:p1(5n):\underline{E}.C\mid$

    Heart-sequence

    $\underline{O}.A_{2}:\underrightarrow{1\infty}\uparrow(5\infty):\overrightarrow{1\infty} \rightarrow 2: ext \mid$
  • 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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