Nauru Ending

Nauru Ending almost always follows the Amwangiyo. The Nauru Ending serves several purposes.


 * 1) First, it converts the short double 2 and double 5 loops to long single loops so that the Caroline Extension can be applied.


 * 1) Second, it creates palmar knots that can be pushed or pulled before the extension to shorten the frame lines and expand the design.


 * 1) Third, it converts the half diamond found at either end of the parent figure, into a whole diamond so that two bisected diamonds flank the central motif on either side.



Three of the fifteen Nauruan figures in the back of Jayne’s book (figs. 829, 832, and 835) have central designs that are flanked by 2 bisected diamonds, suggesting that each was finished using the Amwangiyo-Nauru Ending sequence.