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String Figures of the Austral Islands

Author	M. Sherman
Collect	1920-21 J. F. G. Stokes
Publish	1994 BISFA 1
Lang	en
Area	Austral Islands
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#	title	aka	op	fig	page
Rapa#1	Kami moa	fowl's anus	○	○	80	ゴム
Rapa#2	No information		×	×	81
Rapa#3	Maui	popular Polynesian god; name of a star	×	×	83
Rapa#4	Ga kami'a	Canoe	○	○	82
Rapa#5	Ga 'are	house	○	○	83
Rapa#6	Ga kiko	the flesh of a fruit	○	○	85
Rapa#7	'i ga matu	the matu fish; string figure that cuts	○	○	87	魚の網
Rapa#8	te hei apiki tamaroa	string figure of united sons	○	○	90
Rapa#9	Nga motu a ka vaka	the division of the clans	○	○	90
Rapa#10	Ga 'onu	turtle	×	×	92
Rapa#11	Ga roki	taro patch	○	○	92	家・ミドリガメ
Rapa#12	Ga toki	stone adze	×	×	93
Rapa#13	Ga ure	penis	○	○	94	鯨の歯・とかげ・鼠の耳
Rapa#14	Nuuhiva	remote land	○	○	96
Rapa#15	pu fe'e; pu 'eke	squid or cuttlefish	○	○	98
Rapa#16	pure gaea	prayer to gaea?	×	×	98
Rapa#17	Raupaka tatai	taro-leaf mat	○	○	98	10人の男
Rapa#18	Rapa e	entwined string figure, or figure having squares	○	○	101	潮の満ち干
Rapa#19	Hei Ingamatu Tirui	?	○	○	101
Rapa#20	Te 'are o te moko	the house of the lizard	○	○	101
Rapa#21	Te no'oaga o te ariki	the king’s throne	×	×	104
Rapa#22	Tuamotu	islands on the far side	○	○	104
Rapa#23	Tuera	string figure which springs open	○	○	105	さとうきび・籐の皿・ナイフの砥石・ザリガニ
Rapa#24	Utami	milk the breast; sexual intercourse	○	○	106
Rapa#25	Utami matara	able to break free	○	○	106
Rapa#26	Utami fifi	entangled utami	○	○	106
Rapa#27	Matariki	the Pleiades	○	○	111	雨
Rapa#28a	Maa 'ei kinokino ra	sling string figure very bad indeed	○	○	113
Rapa#28b	Maa 'ei maitaki ra	sling string figure very good indeed	○	○	113
Rapa#28c	Maa 'ei para ua ra	sling string figure starting to open	○	○	113
Rapa#28d	O Tuera ia	Oh, spread it open!	○	○	113
Rapa#29	Utami	milk the breast; sexual intercourse	○	○	116	もぐもぐするボアの顎・ウタミ
Rapa#30	Utami; tai a utu marama	Utami variant representing the moon setting over the sea	○	○	117
Rurutu#1	name not recorded		○	○	119
Rurutu#2	Viiarepo	irrigated taro patch	○	○	119	家・ミドリガメ
Rurutu#3	Iirauape	plaited ape leaves	○	○	121
Rurutu#4	Taimaitiiti	ebb tide	○	○	122	潮の満ち干
Rurutu#5	Utami taviri or haviri	wringing version of Utami	○	○	124	もぐもぐするボアの顎・ウタミ
Rurutu#6	Utami	milk the breast, sexual intercourse	○	○	125
Rurutu#7	Te are matui	the matui house or bird house	○	○	126	ブロスバードの家
Rurutu#8	Itauri		○	○	129
Rurutu#9	Apoo tioo	hole for storing breadfruit paste	○	○	130
Rimatara#1	Iriirirauape	plaited ape leaves	○	○	131
Rimatara#2	Mahinaumate		○	○	132
Rimatara#3	Puaaniho taanaunau	boar’s jaw biting	○	○	132	もぐもぐするボアの顎・ウタミ
Rimatara#4	Otani	a corruption of the word Utami	○	○	132
Rimatara#5	Mututoi	Cropped summit	○	○	133
Rimatara#6	Mato	cliff	○	○	133
Rimatara#7	No name recorded		○	○	133
Rimatara#8	No name recorded		○	○	134	蟹・蛙・ダンス用ドラム
Tubua'i #1	Hiirauape or Iriirirauape	plaited ape leaves	○	○	136
Tubua'i #2	Amo; E amo, Tahiritapae	a litter; waves arriving on land	○	○	136
Tubua'i #3	Utani	a corruption of Utami	○	○	137
Tubua'i #4	Utani	a corruption of Utami	○	○	137
Tubua'i #5	Te tumu of te papa	the basic rock level referred to in the creation myth	○	○	137