WARMUPTA, bread fruit stem

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Item Relations

This Item related through common consecutive operations (sub-procedure): Item: RINGI NE MAR, nest
This Item related through common consecutive operations (sub-procedure): Item: OLOL TAAMRE - OLOL TAFEAN, coconut germs upwards - coconut germs downwards
This Item related through common consecutive operations (sub-procedure): Item: RRALNGIEN BURBUR, ears of burbur
This Item Same string figure procedure: Item: MISIMA, name of an island

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Citation

Eric Vandendriessche and Agnès Henri, “WARMUPTA, bread fruit stem,” String figures, accessed February 24, 2026, https://stringfigures.huma-num.fr/items/show/18.
  • Overall presentation

  • Name : WARMUPTA, bread fruit stem

  • Creator : Eric Vandendriessche and Agnès Henri

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

  • Date : 2006, 2017

  • Information on the string figure

    • General presentation of the string figure

    This string figure represents a bread fruit stem.

    Construction method (ISFA)

    1. Opening A
    2. 1, under 2 loops and 5n, hooks up 5f. Return to position.
    3. Release 5.
    4. 345 hooks down both distal and proximal 1f.
    5. 1 picks up 2n.
    6. Navaho 1 (the two lower over the upper near string)
    7. Distally, transfer 2 loops to 1.
    8. Caroline extension
    9. Release 1. Extend.

    Construction method (symbolic writing)

    $\underline{O}.A:\underrightarrow{m}1(2\infty,5n):\overline{h}1(5f)\#:r5:\underline{h}345(2f^{2}):p1(2n):N1:\overline{TF}(2\infty,1):\underline{E}.C:r1\mid$

    Accompanying words

    warmupta
    warmupta
    timneha
    timne wote

  • 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-18

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

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

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