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String Figures from the Marquesas and Society Islands

Author	W. C. Handy
Publish	1925
Source	B.P. Bishop Museum, Bulletin No. 18
Reprint	1971
Area	Marquesas, Society Islands
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title	aka	op	fig	page
Tukii Kea	stone pounder	〇	〇	11	雨
Nu Ua i te Popi	two popi, fish	〇	〇	12
Tapa'au Tua Fitu		〇	〇	13
Piri Kooka	attachment of a breadfruit net	〇	〇	14
Uahuka	an island in the Marquesas	〇	〇	16
Titima		〇	〇	17
Te Mahaivero		〇	〇	19	マウイのへそ
Toake	the long-tailed phaeton	〇	〇	20
Pua'a Vaevae Vau	pig with eight legs	〇	〇	22	犬の群れ・戦士たち
Keru'u	paddling a canoe	〇	〇	23
Te Vaka	the canoe	〇	〇	25
Hope Oni	soldier kiss	〇	〇	25	Hope Oni
Te Aanui Manamana o Tafai	the many routes of Tafai	〇	〇	27
O Pua	the name of a legendary woman	〇	〇	28
Koukape	a membrane between the intestines	〇	〇	29	10人の男
Ipu Ava Akaui	the kava bowl of Akaui	〇	〇	31
Te Nohona o te Kua	the perch of the kua bird	〇	〇	32
Kokirari te Komao	sings the komao bird	〇	〇	33
Koha Tua	the horizontal bamboo supporting the back rafters of a house	〇	〇	33
Na Humu	the small humu fish associated with Tanaoa in legend	〇	〇	35
Tataiahue	a kind of fragrant plant	〇	〇	35	鳩小屋・ボコラ
Na Tama Aina	native sons	〇	〇	37
Hope Puau		〇	〇	37
Anatifaia	back part of the house	〇	〇	39	レアヒの海を追いかける男たち
Eo	decayed	〇	〇	40
Ui'a	lightning	〇	〇	41
Kooi Ui'a	wrist lightning	〇	〇	42
Popo Tikaue	a cluster of flies	〇	〇	44
Tohiau	the name of a legendary hero	〇	〇	44	バゴボのダイヤモンド
		〇	〇	46	10回
Vaipaee	name of a valley on Hivaoa	〇	〇	47
Hahaua	the great ray fish	〇	〇	48	ミドリガメ・家
Mataiki	Pleiades	〇	〇	50
Kamo	thief	〇	〇	51
Koee		〇	×	52
Fa'e Papa	the house of Atanua	〇	〇	53	アタヌアの家
Te Fa'e no Tonahei	the house of Tonahei	〇	〇	54	トナヘイの家
Fifi Rau Ape	plait of ape or Arum costatum leaves	〇	〇	56	バゴボの２つのダイヤモンド
Rurutu	name of an island	〇	〇	57	鳥の群れ
A Mahara Raiatea	to divide Raiatea into fours	〇	〇	58
A Mahara Taravao	to divide Taravao into fours	〇	〇	59
Opahi	axe	〇	〇	60
Raau Tarava	wood laid across	〇	〇	61
Moua Puta	Hole Mountain	〇	〇	62
Te Ivi o Tuna	the bone of an eel	〇	〇	64
Ua te Tiare	blooms the tiare flower	〇	〇	65
Mo'o	lizard	〇	〇	66	鯨の歯・とかげ
Firi Rau Anani	plait of orange leaves	〇	〇	67	10人の男
Mo'o Tuaraha	lizard back	〇	〇	70	とかげの耳
Ipu Tiare	flower bowl	〇	〇	71
Honu Tane	male turtle	〇	〇	72
Honu Vahine	female turtle	〇	〇	72	太陽
Honu Vahine		〇	〇	72	メスの亀 – オスの亀
Honu Tane		〇	〇	73	メスの亀 – オスの亀
Te Tumu o te Papa	the basic rock level referred to in the creation chants	〇	〇	73
Vahia	broken!	〇	〇	75	名前なし
Apoo Mahai Ahaana	great hole for breadfruit paste	〇	〇	76	井戸・噴水
Na Ofai Roroa i Hamau	a stone on Maupiti	〇	〇	77
Tairi Raa o te Hope Ori	the flying around of the back hair of Ori	〇	〇	78
Vahia		〇	×	80
Na Mau Arii o Opoa	the binding of the chiefs of Opoa	〇	〇	80
U Tami		〇	〇	81	もぐもぐするボアの顎
U Tami Paoti	scissors	〇	〇	82
Tuare	word signifying bravado	〇	〇	83
Taata Ino	bad man	〇	〇	84	Tutuma
Ma'o	shark	〇	〇	85	蟹・蛙・ダンス用ドラム
Ioio	a kind of fish	〇	〇	86
Tuna Riro	the eel is lost	〇	〇	88
Amatara		〇	×	90
Apoo Tioo	hole for storing breadfruit paste	〇	〇	90	パンノキの発酵穴
Te Fare no Oro	the house of the god Oro	〇	〇	91	オロの家