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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 Kraus Reprint Co.
Lang	en
Area	Marquesas, Society Islands
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String Figures from the Marquesas

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	ティティマ
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	クアバードの止まり木
Kokirari te Komao	sings the komao bird	〇	〇	33	さえずるコマオバード
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	稲妻
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	家・ミドリガメ
Mataiki	Pleiades	〇	〇	50
Kamo	thief	〇	〇	51
Koee		〇	×	52
Another Trick Figure		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

String Figures from the Society Islands

title	aka	op	fig	page
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	ナウルの太陽 I
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・ウタミ
U Tami Paoti	scissors	〇	〇	82
Tuare	word signifying bravado	〇	〇	83	ニューカレドニアの太陽
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	魚の網
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