IM AN KINKIN, the house of Kinkin

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This Item related through common consecutive operations (sub-procedure): Item: BE MKOR BE, a shark running towards another shark

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Eric Vandendriessche and Agnès Henri , “IM AN KINKIN, the house of Kinkin,” String figures, accessed February 24, 2026, https://stringfigures.huma-num.fr/items/show/76.
  • Overall presentation

  • Name : IM AN KINKIN, the house of Kinkin

  • Creator : Eric Vandendriessche and Agnès Henri

  • Contributor(s) : Mata, village of Fonah, Ambrym, Vanuatu

  • Date : 2016-2017


  • Information on the string figure

    • General presentation of the string figure

    Kinkin is the name of a person. "im" means "house". Thus, "im an kinkin" refers to Kinkin's house.

    Construction method (ISFA)

    1. Opening M.
    2. Proximally, transfer lower 2 loops to w.
    3. Proximally, transfer 2 loop to palms.
    4. Opening A.
    5. Proximally, transfer lower 2 loops to w.
    6. Distally, insert 2 into 5 loops, hook up 5n.
    7. Distally, insert 2 into 1 loops, pick up 1f. Release 1.
    8. Proximally, transfer 2 loops to 1. Transfer w loops to palms.
    9. Distally, insert 2 into 5 loops, hook up 5n.
    10. Distally, insert 2 into 1 loops, pick up 1f. Release 5.
    11. Distally, transfer 2 loops to 5.
    12. 2 hook up TVs string (crossing at the center). Release 1 gently.
    13. Proximally, insert 1 into upper 2 loops (close to 2), extend.

    Construction method (symbolic writing)

    $\underline{O}.M:\underline{TF}(w,l2\infty):\underline{TF}(pa,2\infty):\underline{O}.A:\underline{TF}(w,2\infty):\overline{i}2(5\infty):\overline{h}2(5n) :\overline{i}2(1\infty):p2(1f) : r1:\underline{TF}(1,2\infty):\overline{TF}(pa,w\infty^{2}):\overline{i}2(5\infty):\overline{h}2(5n) :\overline{i}2(1\infty):p2(1f):r5:\overline{TF}(5,2\infty):\overline{h}2(tv^{2}):vr^{+}(H):r1:\underline{i}1(u2\infty)\mid$
  • 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, mp4, eaf

  • Language : English, North Ambrymese language

  • Location : Village of Fonah, North Ambrym, Vanuatu, South Pacific

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

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