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String Figures from Fiji and Western Polynesia

Author	J. Hornell
Collect	1925
Publish	1927
Source	B.P. Bishop Museum, Bulletin No.39
Reprint	1971
Lang	en
Area	Fiji

String Figures from Fiji

title	aka	op	fig	page
Valova	come here	〇	×	11
Balawa, form A	screw pine tree	〇	〇	11	木の根・漁網の杼
Balawa, form B		〇	〇	13
Ika	fish	〇	〇	13	水から出た魚
Lulu	owl	〇	〇	15	はばたく翼・アジサシ
Bembe	butterfly	〇	〇	16
Kalokalo	star	〇	〇	17	ココナツ割り・星
Beka	flying fox	〇	〇	18
Banuve	caterpillar	〇	〇	19	酋󠄁長・毛虫
Velovelo	dugout canoe	〇	〇	20	井戸・噴水
Wangga Titendre Tavuki	shallow canoe	〇	〇	22
Wangga-ni-Viti	Fijian canoe	〇	〇	22
Vai	sting ray	〇	×	23
Lairo	land crab	〇	×	23	Lairo
Tavola	tavola tree	〇	〇	24	Tavola
Sanga Ndondoli	trying to stretch	〇	〇	25	小さな魚
Tambua	whale's teeth	〇	〇	26	鯨の歯・とかげ
Utosuvi	breadfruit cut in two	〇	〇	28
Lawa		〇	×	29	曳き網
Bokola	cannibals' victim	〇	〇	30	鳩小屋・ボコラ
Ngata Bobo		〇	×	31
Ngata Rai	snake with eyes open	〇	〇	31
Mbelo		〇	〇	32
Tevoro	the devil	〇	〇	34
Nunga Veve	a species of fish	〇	〇	36	天の川
Rara-ni-Kula	parrakeets' playground	〇	〇	38	マレーシアの漁師
Vele-ni-Kula		〇	×	39
Vonu	turtle	〇	〇	39
Kuveti	tapa pattern-board	〇	〇	40
Undu and Koro	Undu Point and Koro Island	〇	〇	41	門を開けろ
Sova		〇	×	41
Koro and Wakaia		〇	×	42
Vale		〇	×	42
Mata-ni-Singa		〇	×	42
Vonu, Undu, and Koro		〇	×	43
Vasua Nggamu-Nggamu	giant clam opening and shutting	〇	〇	43	大きな蛤がパクパク
Imbi	mat	〇	〇	45	10人の男
Drau-ni-Ivi	leaf of the Tahitian chestnut	〇	〇	46	Toloa
Tavola	tavola tree	〇	〇	46	Humu
Lalakai	wicker food-platter	〇	〇	47	さとうきび・籐の皿・ナイフの砥石・ザリガニ
Mata-ni-Singa	the sun	〇	〇	48	ニューカレドニアの太陽
Mataka Lai-Lai		〇	×	49
Mataka Levu	full morning	〇	〇	50	鳥の群れ
Suviauto	breadfruit cut open	〇	〇	50	バゴボのダイヤモンド
Mawa		〇	〇	51	ヤップの亀
Kapa	roll of setmit	〇	〇	52	10回
Wangga	canoe	〇	〇	55
Sorokake Proper		〇	〇	55
Thiukambi		〇	〇	56
Uthutomo	dirty nose	〇	〇	57
Wa-lala	empty string	〇	〇	57
Kuro or Buta-kuro	cooking pot	〇	〇	58
Tambanggara	branched opening	〇	〇	59
Vidikete	flick on the stomach	〇	〇	59

String Figures from Tonga

title	aka	op	fig	page
Pilitaleiku	tailless lizard	〇	〇	61
Tafue-a-Fanene (Fue-a-Fanene)	Fanene's skipping rope	〇	〇	62	ヒナの縄跳び
Maile-Lau-Momo		〇	〇	63	シニラウの梯子
Matapa-a-Tenioko	Tenioko's gateway or the Tenioko gate	〇	〇	64	テニアコの扉
Ipu Sioata	drinking glass	〇	〇	64
Matamata Kupenga	spider's web	〇	〇	66	バゴボのダイヤモンド
		〇	〇	66	10回
Loukabe	kabe leaf	〇	〇	67	10人の男
Toloa	the Southern Cross	〇	〇	69	Toloa
Humu	the Coal-hole, under the Southern Cross	〇	〇	69	Humu

String Figures from Samoa

title	aka	op	fig	page
Ili	saw	〇	〇	71	鋸
Vaepato (Vaepako)	duck's feet	〇	〇	72	２本ほうき・ロキールの犬つなぎ
Vaepato Tolu Tamaivae	three-footed duck	〇	〇	72
Paa	crab	〇	〇	73	ナウルの太陽 I
Mata Upenga	meshes of a net	〇	〇	74
Moenga	bed	〇	〇	75	バゴボのダイヤモンド

String Figures from Ellice islands, Tokelau, and Gilbert islands

title	aka	op	fig	page
Unnamed Figure		〇	〇	77
Teuila (Kalisi)	lightning	〇	〇	78	ブレスレット
Tafa		〇	×	79

String Figures from Tahiti

title	aka	op	fig	page
Fetia	star	〇	〇	80	鋸
Afata	box	〇	〇	81
Manua	squares or lozenges	〇	〇	81
Paoti	scissors	〇	〇	83
Tahiti and Moorea		〇	〇	84	門を開けろ

String Figures from Solomon islands, Indonesia, New Caledonia, India

title	aka	op	fig	page
Unnamed Figure		〇	〇	85
Sawing Wood		〇	〇	86	鋸
Breng-Jong		〇	×	86
Morna Pag	peacock's footprint	〇	〇	87	ドラム