Small Amwangiyo

Small Amwangiyo is a finishing technique collected by Honor Maude from the people of Nauru. It adds one diamond to either side of a central motif. Each diamond is bisected by a horizontal loop that emanates from the central motif and wraps around the palmar knot.



Recommended String Length: 1½ spans of thin string

Small Amwangiyo is often used in place of Amwangiyo-Nauru Ending whenever a simpler and more stable design is desired. For example, when Ijauwe showed Honor Maude how to make Jayne fig. 835, he finished with Small Amwangiyo rather than Amwangiyo-Nauru Ending. As a result, the central motif of his figure was flanked on either side by one diamond rather than two as illustrated by Jayne. Others used Eongatubabo to finish the figure. All three versions were said to represent the same thing: a man and his two wives!