TATAGRE, hanging

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Citation

Eric Vandendriessche , “TATAGRE, hanging,” String figures, accessed February 25, 2026, https://stringfigures.huma-num.fr/items/show/216.
  • Overall presentation

  • Name : TATAGRE, hanging

  • Creator : Eric Vandendriessche

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


  • Date : 2006
    2016-2017


  • Information on the string figure

    • General presentation of the string figure

    This string figure is called tatagre by most Ambrymese practitioners. Tatagre means "hanging" something over something else. The same string figure is sometime called sedan (satan) by some Ambrymese string figure practitioners.

    Construction method (ISFA)

    1. Opening Pa1
    2. Proximally, insert 345 into 2 loops, hook down 2n.
    3. Distally, transfer 2 loops to 1.
    4. Caroline extension.
    5. Release 34.
    6. 5 pick up both 1n. Release 1.
    7. Proximally, insert 1 into 5 loops, pick up 5n. Release 5.
    8. Proximally, insert 345 into 2 loops, hook down 2n.
    9. Distally, transfer 2 loops to 1.
    10. Caroline extension.
    11. Rotate RH horizontally while moving left hand upward.

    Construction method (symbolic writing)

    $\underline{O}.Pa1:\underline{i}345(2\infty):\underline{h}345(2n):\overline{TF}(2\infty,1):\underline{E}.C:r34:p5(1n^{2}):r1:\underline{i}(5\infty):p1(5n):r5:\underline{i}345(2\infty):\underline{h}345(2n):\overline{TF}(2\infty,1):\underline{E}.C:RH~h^{+}\mid\mid$

    Heart-sequence

    $\underline{O}.N:\overrightarrow{1\infty}\downarrow(2\infty):<\underleftarrow{1\infty}\rightarrow5:\underrightarrow{2\infty}\uparrow(5\infty):ext$

    $ext\equiv\underrightarrow{m}1(2\infty):p1(5n,1n):\underline{E}.C$
  • 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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