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String Figures


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15,998 Listings - DR (10/10)15,998 Listings - DR (10/10) Yahoo! Groups Stringfigures - http://groups.yahoo.com/group/stringfigures/
Registered members of this group are interested in describing and illustrating string figures for publication on the web at WWW Collection of Favorite String Figures. They are also developing a system of string figure notation (SFN).
8 Listings - DR (8/10)8 Listings - DR (8/10) Me Human, You Alien - http://www.magicdragon.com/EmeraldCity/extraterrestrials/alien1.html
How to talk to an extraterrestrial, using a handful of coins, a loop of string, a flashlight, and two magnets. This is an excerpt from a book entitled "The Handbook of UFO Contact" by Jonathan Vos Post.
16 Listings - DR (6/10)16 Listings - DR (6/10) Strings On Your Fingers - http://www.gardendigest.com/string/index.htm
Michael P. Garofalo does presentations on string figures art, and performances of string figures, catches, and tricks in Northern California and Southern Oregon. Includes a recommended reading list and bibliography for string figures.
1,044 Listings - DR (6/10)1,044 Listings - DR (6/10) The Mathematics and Origin of String Figures - http://website.lineone.net/~m.p/sf/menu.html
Trivial knot theory, history, and a few new designs by the author, Martin Probert.
On Target - DR (5/10)On Target - DR (5/10) String Figures and Shamanism - http://www.huna.org/html/string.html
An essay by Lois Stokes, with speculations on the role of string figures in Hawaiian culture.
On Target - DR (4/10)On Target - DR (4/10) International String Figure Association - http://www.isfa.org/isfa.htm
The ISFA works to gather, preserve, and distribute string figure knowledge for future generations to enjoy this ancient pastime. They have a list of publications, an invitation to become a member, a mailing list, and links to related web sites. Of particular interest are the detailed instructions for making figures collected in 1924 by Diamond Jenness in the Canadian Arctic.
98,188 Listings - DR (3/10)98,188 Listings - DR (3/10) Rain Forest String Figures From Guyana - http://www.geocities.com/Yosemite/1414/guy.htm
Photographs taken on a canoe trip along the upper Essequibo River in extreme southern Guyana. Some of the Wai Wai and Wapishana guides and boatmen demonstrated a few string figures for the author.
On Target - DR (2/10)On Target - DR (2/10) WWW Collection of Favorite String Figures - http://www.alysion.org/string.htm
Instructions using string figure notation and prose descriptions, along with diagrams and some video clips. Features twelve beginner-level figures, followed by others of increasing difficulty, and a directory of performers.
On Target - DR (0/10)On Target - DR (0/10) String Figures - http://www.whimsical-workshop.mb.ca/string.html
Brian Cox, the Incredible Stringman, tells a story called "Going Fishing" illustrated with string figures. Photos and text of his performance.

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