RINGI NE MAR, nest

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Citation

Eric Vandendriessche and Agnès Henri, “RINGI NE MAR, nest,” String figures, accessed February 24, 2026, https://stringfigures.huma-num.fr/items/show/17.
  • Overall presentation

  • Name : RINGI NE MAR, nest

  • 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 "nest".

    Construction method (ISFA)

    1. Opening A
    2. 1 pass proximal to both 1 and 2 loops, then, proximally, insert 1 into 5 loops. 1 hook up proximal 5f and return. Release 5 and Extend.
    3. Proximally, insert 543 into 2 loops and hook down 2f.
    Distally, insert 2 into distal and proximal 1 loops, hook up both 1n and return.
    4. Release 543 and extend.

    Construction method (symbolic writing)

    $\underline{O}.A:\underrightarrow{m}1 (2\infty):\underline{i}1(5\infty):\overline{h}1(5f):\#:r(5): \underline{i}345(2\infty):\underline{h}345(2n):\overline{h}2(2f^{2}):r3,4,5$

    Heart-sequence

    $\underline{O}.A :>>1\infty:\underleftarrow{5\infty}(1\infty):>>\overrightarrow{5\infty}\rightarrow 1: \overrightarrow{1f^{2}}(2\infty):r2$
  • Item references

  • Key words : String figures, Ambrym Island (Vanuatu)

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

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

  • Format : jpeg, eaf, mp4

  • Language : English, North Ambrymese language

  • Identifier : SF-Ambrym-17

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

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

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