TENGMA, the house
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| This Item | Transformation of the following string figure: | Item: ALVAATA |
| Item: ALHU T'ACLÔ', giant lizard back | Same string figure procedure: | This Item |
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Citation
David Jabin, “TENGMA, the house,” String figures, accessed February 24, 2026, https://stringfigures.huma-num.fr/items/show/281.
- Overall presentation
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Name : TENGMA, the house
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Creator : David Jabin
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Contributor(s) : Elsa de Unruh, village of Belen, Yalve Sanga , Central Chaco, Paraguay
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Date : 2019-2020
- Information on the string figure
This string tridimensional string figure represents the kind of modern double-pitched roof house which has been gradually adopted by the Enlhet since the 1930s and the agricultural colonization of the area by the Mennonites.
TENGMA has identical method of construction and final pattern than but a different meaning than the ALHU T'A'CLÔ' nivacle string figure.
TENGMA has identical method of construction and final pattern than but a different meaning than the ALHU T'A'CLÔ' nivacle string figure.
1. Opening A
2. Proximally, insert 1345 into 2 loops.
3. Transfer 2 loops to the wrists
4. Pass the mouth away from you through the little triangle made by Wn and 1f. With the teeth, seize both 5n and Wf were they cross.
5. Release 5
6. Distally, insert 2 in the both teeth loops and transfer this loops to 2. Return to position.
7. With R1 and R2 grab L1 loop and take it away from the finger. Rotate horizontally this loop 180 anticlockwise and proximally transfer it to both L1 and L5. Return to position.
8. Repeat 7 on the R hand.
9. Proximally insert 1 in both 2 loops (near the finger).
10. Navaho 1(the lower 1 loop).
11. Release W loops.
12. Extend with both 2 pointing horizontally one to each other and with 1 and 5 pointing down.
2. Proximally, insert 1345 into 2 loops.
3. Transfer 2 loops to the wrists
4. Pass the mouth away from you through the little triangle made by Wn and 1f. With the teeth, seize both 5n and Wf were they cross.
5. Release 5
6. Distally, insert 2 in the both teeth loops and transfer this loops to 2. Return to position.
7. With R1 and R2 grab L1 loop and take it away from the finger. Rotate horizontally this loop 180 anticlockwise and proximally transfer it to both L1 and L5. Return to position.
8. Repeat 7 on the R hand.
9. Proximally insert 1 in both 2 loops (near the finger).
10. Navaho 1(the lower 1 loop).
11. Release W loops.
12. Extend with both 2 pointing horizontally one to each other and with 1 and 5 pointing down.
- Item references
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Key words : String figures, Enlhet, paraguayan Chaco
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Publisher : Laboratory SPHERE (UMR 7219, University of Paris & CNRS)
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Rights : Creative Commons / Attribution-NonCommercial-ShareAlike CC BY-NC-SA
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Format : jpeg, mp4, text
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Language : Enlhet, spanish
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Location : Village of Belen, Yalve Sanga , Central Chaco, Paraguay, South America
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Description : Enlhet string figure, method of construction, linguistic data, cultural aspects