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Information: String figures or string games are popular with many indigenous cultures throughout the world, from the Arctic to Australia, all around the Pacific, and in Africa. They are typically performed by one person, or two, as in the game of "Cat's Cradle", using
String Figures Sites:
String Figure: Honu (Turtle) String Figure: Honu (Turtle): Simple instructions with photographs for making a traditional turtle figure. Includes an associated chant. (String Figures) http://www.stringfigure.com/Direct/Honu.html
How to do Cat's Cradle How to do Cat's Cradle: Step by step instructions with photographs. (String Figures) http://www.ifyoulovetoread.com/book/chten_cats.htm
World Wide Webs: String Figures from Around the World World Wide Webs: String Figures from Around the World: Graded instructions for making a wide variety of string figures popular with native cultures throughout the world. Includes photographs. (String Figures) http://www.darsie.net/string/
Dine String Games Dine String Games: Descriptions and methods for making string figures and tricks known to the Navajo Indians of Arizona. (String Figures) http://dine.sanjuan.k12.ut.us/string_games/
Kids Guide to Easy String Figures Kids Guide to Easy String Figures: Descriptions, illustrations and video clips showing how to make basic figures. (String Figures) http://www.alysion.org/figures/introkids.htm
International String Figure Association International String Figure Association: Background information with instructions for making traditional Inuit figures. (String Figures) http://www.isfa.org/
The Mathematics and Origin of String Figures The Mathematics and Origin of String Figures: An advanced discussion of their history and theory with instructions for making new designs by the author, Martin Probert. (String Figures) http://website.lineone.net/~m.p/sf/menu.html
String Figures String Figures: Animated instructions for making Jacob's Ladder, Walking Sticks and Two Mountains and a Stream. (String Figures) http://www.frontiernet.net/~steve_glimpse/stringar.html
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Information: String figures or string games are popular with many indigenous cultures throughout the world, from the Arctic to Australia, all around the Pacific, and in Africa. They are typically performed by one person, or two, as in the game of "Cat's Cradle", using
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