SILIMRI, a tree

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Eric Vandendriessche and Agnès Henri , “SILIMRI, a tree,” String figures, accessed February 24, 2026, https://stringfigures.huma-num.fr/items/show/138.
  • Overall presentation

  • Name : SILIMRI, a tree

  • Creator : Eric Vandendriessche and Agnès Henri

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


  • Date : 2006
    2016-2017


  • Information on the string figure

    • Construction method (ISFA)

    1. Opening M4
    2. Transfer wrist loops to 1.
    3. Proximally, insert 1 into 5 loops, pick up 5n and return.
    4. Caroline extension

    Opening M4:
    1. Make a small loop and hold between the teeth.
    2. Insert H away from you into the long hanging loop.
    3. Rotate H in passing distal to ulnar H string and proximal to radial H string.
    4. Insert 5 away from you into the small loop held by the teeth.
    5. Release the teeth and extend.

    Construction method (symbolic writing)

    $\underline{O}.M_{4}:TF (w\infty, 1):\underline{i}1(5\infty):p1(5n):\underline{E}.C\mid$

    Heart-sequence

    $\underline{O}.M_{4}: w\infty\rightarrow 1: \overleftarrow{5\infty}\downarrow(1\infty): \underrightarrow{1\infty}\uparrow(5\infty):ext$
  • 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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