SIVÔCLÔC, tarantula

Geolocation

Citation

David Jabin, “SIVÔCLÔC, tarantula,” String figures, accessed February 24, 2026, https://stringfigures.huma-num.fr/items/show/273.
  • Overall presentation

  • Name : SIVÔCLÔC, tarantula

  • Creator : David Jabin

  • Contributor(s) : Marquita Pérez, Samaria village, Nivacle Unida comunity, Central Chaco, Paraguay.

  • Date : 2019-2020


  • Information on the string figure

    • General presentation of the string figure

    This string figure represents a tarantula (spider of the Mygalomorphs infraorder) with his 8 legs and his hairy body.

    Construction method (ISFA)

    1. Lay out the string on 2 and 3.
    2. Rotate L2-L3 loop 180° anticlockwise and reinsert.
    3. Seize the dorsal R2/R3 string with L1 and L2 and extend.
    4. Proximally, insert L1 and L5 into the seized loop. Return.
    5. R1 and R2 pass proximal to left hand palmar string, seize the dorsal L2/L3 string and return.
    6. Proximally, insert L1 and L5 into the seized loop.
    7. Exchange L2 and L3, respectively with R2 and R3.
    8. R1 and R2 seize L1 loop to release L1 and insert proximally the former L1 loop into the L2 loop. Reinsert L1.
    9. R1 and R2 seize L5 loop to release L5 and insert proximally the former L5 loop into the L4 loop. Reinsert L5.
    10. Do the same two operations with opposite hand.
    11. Release 2 and 3.
    12. Extend.
  • Item references

  • Key words : String figures, Nivacle, paraguayan Chaco

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

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

  • Format : jpeg, mp4, text

  • Language : Spanish, Nivacle

  • Location : Village of Samaria, Boquerón Department, Paraguay, South America.

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

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