MEALO, a fish

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Eric Vandendriessche and Agnès Henri , “MEALO, a fish,” String figures, accessed February 24, 2026, https://stringfigures.huma-num.fr/items/show/89.
  • Overall presentation

  • Name : MEALO, a fish

  • Creator : Eric Vandendriessche and Agnès Henri

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

  • Date : 2016-2017


  • Information on the string figure

    • Construction method (ISFA)

    1. Opening A
    2. Pass 1 distal to 2 loops. Proximally, insert 1 into 5 loops, pick up 5n and return.
    3. Pass 2 proximal to upper 1n and distal to lower 1n, hook up proximal lower 1n and return.
    4. Release upper 1 loops.
    5. Pass 1 distal to 1f, then proximal to 5n, pick up 5n and return. Release 5.
    6. Distally, transfer 2 loops to 5.
    7. Release 2 and extend.

    Construction method (symbolic writing)

    $\underline{O}.A:\overrightarrow{m}1(2\infty):\underline{i}1(u5\infty):p1(5n):\overleftarrow{m}2(l1f): \underleftarrow{m}2(u1n):\overline{h}2(l1n):r(u1\infty)\mid\mid \overrightarrow{m}1(1f):\underrightarrow{m}1(5f) :p1(5f):r5:\overline{TF}(5,2\infty):r2\mid$
  • Item references

  • Key words : String figures, Ambrym Island (Vanuatu)

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

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

  • Format : jpeg, eaf, mp4

  • Language : English, North Ambrymese language

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

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

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