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Description:JRTM boundFullest, clearest instruction on string figures from wide variety of cultures around the world: Eskimo, Navajo, Lapp, Europe, many others. Create such imaginative figures as a cat's cradle, a moving spear, a bolt of lightning, pointed stars and much more. 950 illustrations.catalogue: 14 ppFrom the back cover:“At some time in your youth, no doubt, you took a loop of string and made a ‘cat’s cradle’, a ‘Jacob’s ladder,’ or some other type of figure by looping and crossing the string between the fingers. But perhaps you were not aware that this is actually an ancient form of amusement that it is practiced in all parts of the globe, and is especially popular amongst primitive tribes. And you probably didn’t realise what a great variety figures can be formed by a simple loop of string.The book describes, in a simple and easy to follow manner, how to make no less than 107 different string figures, just as they are made in their land of origin. It is the only book on the subject in English that gives a thorough and readily understandable treatment, so that a beginner can follow the steps and make the figures without the help of a teacher. …Besides those who simply want to use the book as a source of amusement, the book will be of great interest to anthropologists and collectors of string figures, since it greatly increases the knowledge of string games and their distribution around the world.Unabridged republication of original edition. Index. Bibliography. Introduction by A.C. Haddon of Cambridge university. 17 full page plates, 950 illustrations, xxiii+407 pages, 5 3/8 “ x 8 ½ “. Paperbound.”We have made it easy for you to find a PDF Ebooks without any digging. And by having access to our ebooks online or by storing it on your computer, you have convenient answers with String Figures and How to Make Them: A Study of Cat's Cradle in Many Lands. To get started finding String Figures and How to Make Them: A Study of Cat's Cradle in Many Lands, you are right to find our website which has a comprehensive collection of manuals listed.
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Publisher: Dover

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ISBN: 048620152X

Description: JRTM boundFullest, clearest instruction on string figures from wide variety of cultures around the world: Eskimo, Navajo, Lapp, Europe, many others. Create such imaginative figures as a cat's cradle, a moving spear, a bolt of lightning, pointed stars and much more. 950 illustrations.catalogue: 14 ppFrom the back cover:“At some time in your youth, no doubt, you took a loop of string and made a ‘cat’s cradle’, a ‘Jacob’s ladder,’ or some other type of figure by looping and crossing the string between the fingers. But perhaps you were not aware that this is actually an ancient form of amusement that it is practiced in all parts of the globe, and is especially popular amongst primitive tribes. And you probably didn’t realise what a great variety figures can be formed by a simple loop of string.The book describes, in a simple and easy to follow manner, how to make no less than 107 different string figures, just as they are made in their land of origin. It is the only book on the subject in English that gives a thorough and readily understandable treatment, so that a beginner can follow the steps and make the figures without the help of a teacher. …Besides those who simply want to use the book as a source of amusement, the book will be of great interest to anthropologists and collectors of string figures, since it greatly increases the knowledge of string games and their distribution around the world.Unabridged republication of original edition. Index. Bibliography. Introduction by A.C. Haddon of Cambridge university. 17 full page plates, 950 illustrations, xxiii+407 pages, 5 3/8 “ x 8 ½ “. Paperbound.”We have made it easy for you to find a PDF Ebooks without any digging. And by having access to our ebooks online or by storing it on your computer, you have convenient answers with String Figures and How to Make Them: A Study of Cat's Cradle in Many Lands. To get started finding String Figures and How to Make Them: A Study of Cat's Cradle in Many Lands, you are right to find our website which has a comprehensive collection of manuals listed.
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