OLOL TAAMRE - OLOL TAFEAN, coconut germs upwards - coconut germs downwards
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Eric Vandendriessche and Agnès Henri
, “OLOL TAAMRE - OLOL TAFEAN, coconut germs upwards - coconut germs downwards,” String figures, accessed February 24, 2026, https://stringfigures.huma-num.fr/items/show/82.
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Name : OLOL TAAMRE - OLOL TAFEAN, coconut germs upwards - coconut germs downwards
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Creator : Eric Vandendriessche and Agnès Henri
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Contributor(s) : Mata, village of Fonah, Ambrym, Vanuatu
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Date : 2016-2017
- Information on the string figure
The intermediate figure and its rotation show successively the coconut germs pointing upward and downward from the green coconut.
1. Opening D.
2. 5 hook down 2 loops.
3. Proximally, insert 5 into 1 loops, pick up proximal 1f and return.
4. Navaho 1. Extend.
5. 1 pass proximal to both 1 and 2 loops, then, proximally, insert 1 into 5 loops. 1 hook up proximal 5f and return. Release 5 and Extend.
6. Pass 345 proximal to 2 loops. Distally, insert 345 into 1 loops, hook down (proximal and distal) 1f.
7. Proximally, insert 1 into 2 loops.
8. Navaho 1 (both proximal loops over distal loop)
9. Distally, transfer 2 loops to 1.
10. Caroline extension. Release 1.
11. 1 pick up O-. Release 2
12. 2 hook up ulnar 345. Release 1. Extend gently.
2. 5 hook down 2 loops.
3. Proximally, insert 5 into 1 loops, pick up proximal 1f and return.
4. Navaho 1. Extend.
5. 1 pass proximal to both 1 and 2 loops, then, proximally, insert 1 into 5 loops. 1 hook up proximal 5f and return. Release 5 and Extend.
6. Pass 345 proximal to 2 loops. Distally, insert 345 into 1 loops, hook down (proximal and distal) 1f.
7. Proximally, insert 1 into 2 loops.
8. Navaho 1 (both proximal loops over distal loop)
9. Distally, transfer 2 loops to 1.
10. Caroline extension. Release 1.
11. 1 pick up O-. Release 2
12. 2 hook up ulnar 345. Release 1. Extend gently.
Horizontal symmetry
- 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, mp4, eaf
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Language : English, North Ambrymese 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