1920] on String Figures 101 



Another person grasps the middle of the figure in his hand, 

 release thumbs and indices, draw tight, and the eel escapes. 



Fig. 16.— The Eel. 



Syn. A thief enaiva (Baimura, Delta District, Papua). A thief 

 stealing = henua hernia (Port Moresby, Papua). Also described by 

 Dr. Landtman* as Sirima = "a fish." from Kiwai, Mouth of Fly 

 River, Papua. 



9. The Tide = Warn. (Cape Nelson, N. Papua.) 



Opening A. 



Release thumbs and pass them proximally into the little-finger loops, 

 pick up the radial little-finger and ulnar thumb strings. 



* Landtman, G., " Cat's Cradles of the Kiwai Papuans, British New 

 Guinea," Anthropos ix. 1 and 2, 1914. 



