ASIPLAER, wood knife
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Eric Vandendriessche, “ASIPLAER, wood knife,” String figures, accessed February 24, 2026, https://stringfigures.huma-num.fr/items/show/69.
- Overall presentation
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Name : ASIPLAER, wood knife
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Creator : Eric Vandendriessche
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Contributor(s) : Mata, village of Fona, North Ambrym, Vanuatu
Tarsisia, village of Fona, North Ambrym, Vanuatu -
Date : 2016-2017
- Information on the string figure
This string figure represents a wood knife.
1. Opening A
2. Release 1
3. 1, under to 2 loop, hooks up 5f
4. Release 5
5. 345, under 2f, hooks down 2n
6. Distally, transfer 2 loop to 1
7. Caroline extension
2. Release 1
3. 1, under to 2 loop, hooks up 5f
4. Release 5
5. 345, under 2f, hooks down 2n
6. Distally, transfer 2 loop to 1
7. Caroline extension
$\underline{O}.A:r1:\underrightarrow{m}1(2\infty):\overline{h}1(5f):r5:\underleftarrow{m}345(2f): \underline{h}345(2n):\overline{TF}(2\infty, 1): \underline{E}.C\mid$
- Item references
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Key words : String figures, Ambrym Island (Vanuatu)
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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, eaf, mp4
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Language : Bislama, North Ambrym language
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Location : Village of Fonah, North Ambrym, Vanuatu, South Pacific
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Description : Ambrymese string figure, method of construction, linguistic data, cultural aspects