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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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String Figures Origami which aired on a local community access station. Although the show was devoted to the art of paper folding, I convinced the producers that a few minutes devoted to the art of making string figures might also be of...Graded instructions for making a wide variety of string figures popular with native cultures throughout the world. Includes photographs.
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World-Wide Webs Read this before you get started What's So Great About String Figures, Anyway? String Position Descriptions String Movement Descriptions Common Openings and Endings Untangling Finished Figures Pick Your Challenge Level Easy String Figures String Figures of Medium Difficulty Challenging String...Descriptions and methods for making string figures and tricks known to the Navajo Indians of Arizona.
http://dine.sanjuan.k12.ut.us/string_games/
An advanced discussion of their history and theory with instructions for making new designs by the author, Martin Probert.
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The Survival, Origin and Mathematics of String Figures Museums and other institutions with string figure artefacts The British Museum A.C.Haddon String Figures The Origin of String Figures String Figures and Knot Theory 21st-Century String Figures The Creation of New String Figures The String Lady by Martin Probert the...Step by step instructions with photographs.
http://www.ifyoulovetoread.com/book/chten_cats1105.htm
Background information with instructions for making traditional Inuit figures.
http://www.isfa.org/
Descriptions, illustrations and video clips showing how to make basic figures.
http://www.alysion.org/figures/introkids.htm
Simple instructions with photographs for making a traditional turtle figure. Includes an associated chant.
http://www.stringfigure.com/Direct/Honu.html
Animated instructions for making Jacob's Ladder, Walking Sticks and Two Mountains and a Stream.
http://www.frontiernet.net/~steve_glimpse/stringar.html