Shrimp string figure

The shrimp string figure in process. The diagonal lines represent the shrimp's segmented shell lines. The local name for string figures is 'gangue' or "the road you didn't expect to take."

• 1973

• Larcom, Joan

• Sports and Games

• Melanesia
• Oceania
• Pacific Islands
• South West Bay (Malakula, Vanuatu)
• Wintua (Malekula, Vanuatu)

• Children
• Play

• image

• No linguistic content; Not applicable

• Larcom, Joan

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2021-11-16