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It was long believed that anthropologist Franz Boas was the first to describe the construction of string figures (a pair of Inuit string figures) in 1888 (Boas 1888a, 1888b, Abraham 1988:12).", [6] but actually string figure instructions already feature in several 19th century European books on children's games prior to that. [7]
The following is a list of string figures, various figures which can be made using a loop of string, and which occur in games such as cat's cradle. Most of the titles ...
An example of string figures from Jayne's book. Jayne published the first book on string figures [5] in 1906 titled String Figures and How to Make Them. [6] The book provided instructions on how to create 129 string figures that were identified by anthropologists studying traditional societies [7] such as those in Congo-Kasai [8] and the ...
This category contains string figures, collectors, and enthusiasts. Pages in category "String figures" The following 17 pages are in this category, out of 17 total.
Julia Pavlovna Petrova-Averkieva (July 24, 1907 – October 9, 1980) was a Soviet anthropologist and string figure collector. [1] A student of Franz Boas, [1] and influenced by Lewis Henry Morgan, [2] she went on to serve as the director of North American Studies at the Institute of Ethnography in Moscow.
String is a long flexible structure made from fibers twisted together into a single strand, or from multiple such strands which are in turn twisted together. String is used to tie, bind, or hang other objects. It is also used as a material to make things, such as textiles, and in arts and crafts.
Describing them in detail, Heraklas discussed 16 different knots and slings, [1] including the earliest known written account of a string figure. [2] Accompanying illustrations of the knots were added later by Renaissance copyists, but modern analysis of the writings by knot experts has shown many of these early drawings to contain significant ...
A researcher once watched and photographed a young Aboriginal woman from Yirrkala make over 200 separate string figures. Each one involved complicated movements of her fingers and thumbs. She was able to remember the correct sequence of finger movements for nearly every figure she made, with only an occasional mistake which she quickly corrected.