(Image
by courtesy of Mark Sherman) |
The generic name for
string-figures in the Northern
Gilberts is WAU, while in the
Southern islands it is TAI. The
pictured string figure is "Na
Ubwebwe," who is the semi
deity known as essencially the
father of string-figures.
Maude, H.C. &
H.E. Maude (1958) "String
figures from the Gilbert Islands."
Journal of the Polynesian
Society, Memoir 13.
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| ト ケ ラ ウ 諸 島
[ TOKELAU ] （ﾆｭｰｼﾞｰﾗﾝﾄﾞ
領)
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1983 |
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| TIFAGA ( String game ) |
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Both string figures,
three diamonds pattern (left) and
one diamond with a string doubled
(right), appear in a two persons'
game called "TAFA".
Hornell, J. (1927)
"String figures from Fiji
and Western Polynesia." Bishop
Museum Bulletin 39 : p.79.
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056 TOP - INDEX
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| オ ー ス ト ラ リ ア [
AUSTRALIA ] |
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1987 |
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| Cat's Cradle |
トピックス
058 TOP - INDEX
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| ナ ウ ル [
NAURU ] |
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1988 |
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| ETEGERER
ME ETOGARITA (the Pursuer ?) |
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| MANUJIE ME
AN IRAGU (Manujie and his Sword) |
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| ITUBWER (Representation
of a Mat) |
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| AMET DEGODO OERON (Holding
up the Sky) |
トピックス
098 TOP - INDEX
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| ノ ル ウ ェ ー [ NORWAY
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1989 |
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| Cat's Cradle |
トピックス
071 TOP - INDEX
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| フ
ラ
ン ス 領 ポ リ ネ シ ア [
FRENCH POLYNESIA ] |
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1992 |
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| FAI (
String Figure ) |
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| The simple pattern displayed
by two girls is named "Hahaua
(a great ray fish)" in the
Marquesas Islands, "Komo ko
te ariki (the chief's well)"
and "Na fare (the houses)"
on Anaa in the Tuamotus Islands,
"Ga roki (taro patch)"
on Rapa and "Viiarepo (irrigated
taro patch)" on Rurutu in
the Austral Islands. Handy, W.C.
(1925) "String figures from
the Marquesas and Society Islands."
Bishop Museum, Bulletin
18 : pp.48-49.
Emory, K.P. & H.C. Maude (1979)
String figures of the
Tuamotus. Canberra:Homa
Press : pp.58-59.
Stokes, J. F. G., and Sherman, M.
A. (1994) "String Figures
from the Austral Islands." Bulletin
of the International String
Figure Association 1:69-150.
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064 TOP - INDEX
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