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List of string figures

April 13, 2024

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 are translations and/or descriptions.

Format edit

Explanation of the format of these listings:

  • "name 1" (location of name), [specific citation] "name 2" (location 2): opening position[, extension, notes] [general citation]
    • subsequent figures

List edit

 
"Opening A", seen from below
 
"Two Diamonds"
 
Heraklas' "Plinthios Brokhos" made in a doubled cord. Resembles "A Hole in the Tree" with different crossings.
 
"Cradle", the first (and opening) position of Cat's cradle
 
"Soldier's Bed" from Cat's cradle
 
"Candles" from Cat's cradle
 
"Diamonds" from Cat's cradle
 
"Cat's Eye" from Cat's cradle
 
"Fish in a Dish" from Cat's cradle
 
"Grandfather Clock" from Cat's cradle
 
Women's string-figure depicting "menstrual blood of three women", illustrating the Yolŋu people's tribal mythology of menstrual synchrony.[1]
 
Inuit string figures[2] reindeer, wolf, and pig[3]
  • "Ace of Diamonds" (Hawaii: "E-ke-ma-nu"): position 1, similar to Cat's cradle's "Mattress"[4][5]
  • "Ace of Hearts" (Hawaii: "E-ke-pe-ki"): ???[5]
  • "Ace of Spades" (Hawaii: "E-ke-ha-ka"): ???[5]
  • "Andromeda Galaxy" (invented): opening A[6]
  • "Antares" (Nauru): opening A[7]
  • "Apache Door" (Apache),[8] "Pancho" (Navajo),[8] "Sling" (Zuni),[8] "Tent Door"/"String Bag"/"Horde"/"Poncho"/"Streamers"/"Fish Net"[9] (N. America): opening A,[10] (Navajo): position 1[11]
  • "Apache Teepee" (Apache): nonstandard[12]
  • "Arms" (Nunivak Inuit: "moguk"): ???[13]
  • "Arrow" (Navajo: "Ka"): opening A[14]
  • "Baby Being Born" (Wadaman): position 1[15]
  • "Bagobo Diamonds" (Bagobo, also Linao Moros): opening A[16]
  • "Bagobo Two Diamonds" (Bagobo): opening A[16]
  • "Bear's Den" (Kwakiutl):[17]
    • "Bear" (Kwakiutl), "Dog" (N. Alaska, W. Greenland), "Fox" (Mackenzie, W. Copper, Netsilik, Iglulik)[18]
      • "Porcupine" (Kwakiutl), "Man Kneeling" (Caribou), "Hunter Approaching a Seal on Ice" (Netsilik)[19]
      • "Goose" (Kwakiutl)[17]
  • "Bird" (Papua): position 1[20]
  • "Bird House" (Hawaii: "A-na-ma-nu"): ???[5]
  • "Bird's Nest" (Navajo): position 1[21]
  • "Bow" (Navajo: "Atl-ti"): Navajo opening[22]
  • "Breastbone and Ribs" (Inuit: "Grut"): ribcage opening[23]
  • "Breasts" (Hawaii: "Wai-u-la-wa"): ???[5]
  • "Brush House" (Zuni: "Pi-cho-wai, ham-pun-nai"), "Hut" (Pueblo: "Nathu"), (Klamath): nonstandard[24]
    • "Six-Pointed Star": continuation[24]
  • "Butterfly" (Navajo: "Ga-lo-ki/'Ga-hi-ki"): Navajo opening[25][26]
  • "Butterfly" (Nauru: "Ijewaioi"): ???[27]
  • "Candle Thief" (England, Ireland, Germany): nonstandard[28]
  • "Canoe with Two Masts" (Torres Straits: "Nar"): opening A, requires two people or use of a toe[29]
  • "Canoe with Two Sails" (Gilbert Islands, chant: Te Wa Ma le-Na): opening A[30]
  • "Caribou" (Cumberland Sound Inuit: "Tuktuqdjung"),[31] "Caribou" (St. Michael Island Inuit: "tuk-tuk"):[13] opening A
  • "Caroline Islands Catch" (Ngatik): opening A, similar to "King Fish"[32]
  • "Caroline Islands Diamonds" (Ngatik): nonstandard, Caroline extension[33]
  • "Carrying Bundles of Wood" (Navajo): opening A[34]
  • "Casting the Fish-Spear" (Torres Straits): opening A,[35] similar to "Fish-Spear"
  • "Catching a Cockroach" (Samoa): nonstandard[36]
  • Cat's cradle (Europe),[37] game of string (Russia),[38] kang sok (Southern China: "well rope"),[39] Jack in the Pulpit[40] (regional U.S.): Cradle
    • 1: "Cradle": around wrists[37][41]
    • 2: "Soldier's Bed",[37] "Mattress"[42]
    • 3: "Candles",[37] "Calm Sea"[42]
    • 4: "Manger",[37] "Upturned Cradle"[42]
    • End: "Saw"[37]
    • 5 & 12: "Diamonds",[37] Carpet, (Russia)[38] "Mattress Turned Over"[42]
    • 6: "Cat's Eye"[37][42]
    • 7: "Fish in a Dish",[37] "Pig on Pegs"[42]
    • 10: "Hand Drum"/"Scraggly"[37]
    • End: "Two Royal Crowns"/"Grandfather Clock"[37]
    • End: "Lucky Tea Kettle"[37]
  • "Chicken Bum" (Guianas, Peru, Sierra Leone), "Wink" (Hawaii): nonstandard[43]
  • "Chochaío" (Palau: "Bird"): opening B[44]
  • "Circles and Triangles" (Ngatik: Bur-bur-ani jau): opening A[45]
  • "Clothes Line" (Cape Prince of Wales Inuit: "iniarat"): ???[13]
  • "Cobweb" (Whanganui): position 1[46]
  • "Coconut Net" (Gilbert Islands: "Teibu Te Tatai"): around wrists[47]
  • "Coral" (Uap: "Melang"): opening A, Caroline extension[48]
    • "Variation of Coral" (invented)[49]
  • "Cup and Saucer" (Europe),[50][51] "Sake Cup"/"House" (Japan),[50] "Canoe with Outrigger" (New Caledonia[51]),[50] "Skinning the Bison"/"Dressing a Skin"[52] (Salish):[51] opening A
    • "Owl's Eyes" (Europe): opening A[53]
  • "Cutting the Hand" (Inuit): opening A[54]
  • "Dancer" (Caroline and Loyalty Islands): position 1[55]
  • "Diadem",[56] "Jacob's Ladder" (Europe),[56][57] "Osage Diamonds" (Osage),[56][57][58] "Fence"/"Ladder" (Irish),[58] "Calabesh Net" (Africa),[57] "Le pont de Quebec"[57] (Quebec, "Quebec Bridge"): opening A
    • "Cat's Whiskers" (Europe): continuation[57]
    • "Eiffel Tower" (Europe): continuation[57]
    • "Witch's Hat" (Europe): continuation[57]
    • "King's Crown" (Germany): variation[59]
  • "Dog On a Leash" (Nunivak Island Inuit: "kaymuchta"): ???[13]
  • "Dog with Large Ears" (Copper Inuit): nonstandard[60]
  • "Dravidian Trick" (Dravidian):[61]
  • "Drunken Tree" (Eastern Toba): opening A[62]
  • "Eel" (Papua), "Catching Crabs" (Gilbert Islands): nonstandard[63]
  • "Egarawinago" (Nauru: "Lady of Quality"): ???[27]
  • "Egona and Egameang Sitting On a Stone" (Nauru): ???[27]
  • "Erupting Volcano" (Mapuche): opening A[64]
  • "Fighting Head-hunters" (Torres Straits: Ares, or Murray and Duaur men fighting): opening A[65]
  • "Find the Owl" (Navajo): opening A[34]
  • "Flint and Steel" (Yap: "Nifi")/"Origin of Fire" (Torres Straits),[66] "Chellaba" (Africa: "turn over"),[67] "Tinder-box"[68] (Caroline Islands): position 1
  • "Finger Catch" (Chippewa): nonstandard[69]
  • "Fire Drill" (Kwakiutl): opening B[70]
  • "Fish" (???): Murray opening[71]
  • "Fish-Spear" (Torres Straits: "Baur"),[73][74][75] "Pitching a Tent" (Salish, B.C.),[74][75] "Sea-Egg (Echinus) Spear" (Clayoquaht),[75] "Duck Spear" (Alaska),[74] "Coconut Palm Tree" (Africa),[74] "Parachute" (Europe),[76] "Witches Broom"[74] (Europe): position 1,[74][75] similar to "Hogan" but with three lines, and similar to "Casting the Fish-Spear"
  • "Floor Mat" (Nauru): ???[27]
  • "Flower" (Navajo): position 1[77]
  • "Fly"/"Mosquito"/"Smashing a Coconut"/"Flying Fox" (Solomon Islands[78]): nonstandard[79]
  • "Fly On the Nose" (Torres Straits: "Buli"): nonstandard, trick[80]
  • "Flying Bird" (South Sea Islands): position 1[81]
  • "Four Boys Hand-in-Hand" (Australia): Murray opening[47]
  • "Fox and Whale" (King Island Inuit: "achvuk-tezeuk"):[13] position 1[82]
  • "Ghost Dance" (New Guinea): two person[83]
  • "Gated Well"/"Well" (South Sea Islands),[84] "Velovelo" (Fiji: "Dugout Canoe"), "Ti Meta" (Murray Island: "Ti Bird's Nest"),[85] "Basket"/"Wooden Food Bowl" (???): opening A[86]
    • "Fence Around the Well": continuation[86] (Lifu: Sihnag)[87]
    • "Crab" (Kiwai Island: "Kokowa"): continuation[88]
      • "Variation of the Crab" (invented)[89]
  • "Giraffe Eating Grass" (Japan): opening A, variation of "Two Brown Bears"[90]
  • "Ha-le-ku-mu-ma-ka-a" (Hawaii): ???[5]
  • "Hammock" (Muslim): position 1[91]
  • "Hammock [Weaving]" (N. or S. America): two person[92]
  • "'Hanging'" (Philippines & Yap): nonstandard, trick[93]
  • "Hare" (Inuit: "Ukaliaqdjung"): ???[94]
  • "Hawk" (Wardaman): opening A, two people[95]
  • "Headhunters" (Murray island): opening A[96]
  • "Hill and Two Ponds" (Inuit: "Qaqaqdjung Sesinging"): ???[94]
  • "Hogan" (Navajo): nonstandard,[97] "Parachute" with four lines
  • "House" (Australia): around wrists, two people[98]
  • "House" (Yap: "Naun", Maori, North Queensland): opening A, two people[99]
  • "Hull of a Ship" (Nauru: "Deimano"):[27]
  • "Hunter Stalking a Seal" (Inuit): position 1[100]
  • "Ibunemun" (Nauru: "Man"): ???[27]
  • "Iburenio" (Nauru: a growth in the tomana tree): opening A[55]
  • "Japanese Butterfly" (Japan): nonstandard[101][102]
  • "Kani Mumun" (Gilbert Islands: 'dispersing clouds' or 'flight of the conquered'): position 1[103]
  • "King Fish" (Murray Island: "Geigi", Mabuiag: "Dangal"[Dugong/Sea-cow]), "Kamo" (Torres Straits: "The Thief"):[104] opening A,[105] similar to "Caroline Islands Catch"
  • "King's Throne"/"The Bed" (Gilbert Islands: Bao-n te nea): opening A[106]
  • "Kiwi" (Maori): opening A[107]
  • "Ko-he" (Hawaii): ???[5]
  • "Laia Flower"/"Lotus Flower (New Hebrides): opening A[108][109]
  • "Lairo" (Fiji: "Land Crab"): position 1 variant[110]
  • "Lake Fish" (Anvik Inuit: "nanvumcheseah"): ???[13]
  • "Leashing/Lines of Lochiel's Dogs"[111] (Scotland, Ireland, England),[112] "Raven's Feet"/"Crow's Feet" (Tanana Inuit),[13] "Ptarmigan Feet"/"Crows' Feet"[111] (N. America),[112] "Cock's Feet" (France),[112] "Chicken Toes"[111]/"Wooden Spoon" (Africa: "Umuzwa"),[112] "Emus'/Cockerels' Feet" (???),[111] "Two Tents" (???),[111] "Spade" (New Zealand),[113] "Ducks' Feet" (Scotland): opening A, nearly identical to "Two Hogans"[112]
  • "Lightning" (Navajo: "Atsinil-klish", Tewa: "Vo-pi-ri-dai"): Navajo opening[116][117][118]
  • "Little Boat"/"Two Boats" (King Island Inuit: "kayak"/"malruk-kayak"): ???[13]
  • "Little Boy Carrying Wood" (Klamath): Navajo opening[119]
  • "Little Fishes" (Murray Island: "Tup"): Navajo opening[120]
  • "Little Fish That Hides in the Mud" (Klamath): nonstandard[121]
  • "Little Girl with Pigtails" (Japan): opening A[122]
  • "Lizard" (Navajo: Nashoi-dichizhi): Navajo opening[123][124]
  • "Lozenge" (invented): opening A[125]
  • "Ma-ka-pe-na" (Hawaii): ???[5]
  • "Man" (Navajo: "Diné"): opening A, resembles "Coral"[126]
  • "Man Climbing a Tree" (Australia): opening A[127]
  • "Man in a Hammock" (???): around wrists[128]
  • "Man on/and a Bed" (Torres Straits: "Le Sik"): opening A[129][130]
    • "Hoochie Koochie Man" (Europe)[130]
  • "Many Stars"[131]/"Starry Sky"[132] (Navajo: "Son-tlani"): opening A[133]
    • "Firmament": two people[134]
  • "Net" (Hawaii: "U-pe-na"): ???[5]
  • "New Mittens" (Tanana: "ajakailaiguk"): ???[13]
  • "O-ko-le-a-mo" (Hawaii): ???[5]
  • "One Chief" (Yap: "Pilun"): position 1, Caroline extension[135]
    • "Owl" 1 ("Nas-ja"): variation[133]
    • "Owl" 2: variation[136]
    • "Owl" 3: variation[136]
    • "Seven Stars" ("Dil-ye-he"[Pleiades]): variation[137]
    • "Two-Horned Star"[Son-bi-tere]/"Cow's Head": variation[138]
    • "Two Coyotes" ("Ma-i-at-sani-il-watli"): variation[138]
    • "Big Star": variation[138]
    • "North Star" ("Tsun-tsi"): variation[137]
    • "Carrying Wood" ("Chiz-jǒ-yĕt-lĭ"): variation[133]
    • "Owl's Net": variation[139]
  • "M" (Omaha): opening A[140]
  • "Maui's Lasso" (Hawaii): opening A[141]
  • "Melon Rind" (Papuan, Bamu River): position 1[142]
  • "Moe Hora Hia" (Tuamotus: "Ghost's Path"): opening A[143]
  • "Monkey Bum"[144]/"Flying Parrot" ([British] Guiana), "Wink" (Hawaii): nonstandard[145]
  • "Moth" (Zulu), "Spectacles" (Europe): opening A[146][147]
  • "Mouse" (Murray Island: "Kebe Mokeis"), "Express Train" (Germany), (Inuit, N. & S. America, Japan, Philippines, Australia): nonstandard, "Probably the most widely distributed of all the string figures."[148][149]
  • "Mouth" (Topek Inuit: "Rote"),[150] "Trap" (Cape Prince of Wales Inuit: "keezook"):[13] Navajo opening
  • "Mrs. Crab" (South Pacific), "Elastic Band" (Japan), "Twitcher" (Hawaii): position 1[151]
  • "Mr. Spider" (Gilbert Islands): opening A[30]
  • Murray opening[152]/Index opening (technical): opening position
  • "Naio Tree" (Kauai and Niihau: False Sandalwood): position 1[153]
  • Navajo opening (Navajo), Opening B (technical):[154] opening position[117][155][115]
  • "Neneuri" (Gilbert Islands: maybe someone's name): opening A[142]
  • "Night"/"Darkness"[115] (Hawaii: "Po",[5] also Pacific, Japan, Africa, South America): opening A[156]
  • No Name (Ngatik): opening A[157]
  • "One Hogan" (Navajo): nonstandard[158]
  • Opening A[159][160][161]/Japanese opening[162] (technical: Inuit, N. & S. America, Papua[161]): position 1
  • "Open the Gate" (Hawaii), "Island Separated from Land" (Fiji), "Kokoko" (New Guinea: bird call): opening A[163]
  • "Osage Two Diamonds" (Osage): opening A[164][165]
  • "Owl" (Navajo: "Nasha"): position 1, similar to "Starry Night"[166]
  • "Palm Tree" (Torres Straits: "U"): opening A[167]
  • "Paths to the Well" (Gilbert Islands): opening A, "clearly similar to," "Iburenio"[47]
  • "Plinthios Brokhos" (Ancient Greece),[168][169][170] "Sun Clouded Over" (Australia),[171] "Giant Clam" (Fiji):[172] opening A
  • "Polar Bear" (North Alaskan Inuit): position 1, variant of "Swan"[173]
  • Pole Star (???): opening A[174]
  • "Porcupine" (Klamath), "Wolf"/"Wolverine" (Cape Prince of Wales: "koftsick"/"kulonik"),[13] "Fox" (???): opening A[175]
  • Position 1/First position[176] (technical): opening position[177][178]
  • Position 2 (technical): opening position[179]
  • "Post" (Hawaii: "Pou"): ???[5]
  • "Priestess" (Nauru: "Etaroking"): ???[27]
  • "Pu" (Hawaii): ???[5]
  • "Pump" (Hawaii: "Pau-ma-wai"): ???[5]
  • "Pygmy Diamonds" (Batwa): Navajo opening[180]
  • "Rabbit" (Klamath): opening A[139][181][182]
  • "Rabbit" (Anvik Inuit: "makadok"), "Bird On Eggs" (St. Michael Island): ???[13]
  • "Rain" (Nauru: "O-eron"): opening A[47]
  • "Rattlesnake and a Boy" (Klamath): opening A[183]
    • "Two Skunks": variation[183]
    • "Two Foxes": variation[183]
    • "Two Squirrels": variation[183]
  • "Rectangle" (???): position 1[4]
  • "Ribcage" (Alaska Inuit): ribcage opening[184]
  • Ribcage opening (technical): opening position[185]
  • "Salt Cave" (Hawaii): opening A, variation of "Fishnet"[186]
  • "Sandsnipe" (Kiribati): nonstandard[187]
  • "Saw" (Hawaii: "Pa-hi-o-lo"),[5] "Saw" (Scotland): "Cradle"[188]
  • "Sawing Together" (around the world),[189] "Saw Mill" (Ireland):[190] position 1/nonstandard, two people, trick
  • "Scarab" (invented): all moves but one taken from "Well", "Crab", and "Fence"[191]
  • "Seagull"/"Man Carrying a Kayak" (Nunivak Island Inuit: "tc-c-kyack"[13]): opening A[192]
  • "Sealskin Carrying-bag" (St. Michael Island Inuit: "aginuk"): ???[13]
    • "Kidneys" ("taktuk"): continuation[13]
  • "Sea-snake" (Murray Island: "Pagi"):[193]
  • "Seasnake" (Nauru: "Iiyanibongo"): ???[27]
  • "Second Worm" (Navajo): Navajo opening[194]
  • "See-saw" (Hawaii: "Ma-hi-ki"): ???[5]
  • "Seven Diamonds" (Brillo Nuevo): nonstandard[195]
  • "Sewing Machine" (Basel): "Cradle"[196]
  • "Ship" (King Island Inuit: "umiakbuk"): ???[13]
  • "Siberian House"[197][198]/"Two Brown Bears and Their Caves"[199] (Big Diomede Island Inuit):[13] opening A
    • "Two Inuit Running Away" ("mugalonik enuck okparuktuk")[13]
  • "Smith's Secret 1" (Europe): nonstandard[200]
  • "Smith's Secret 2" (Alaskan Inuit): nonstandard[201]
  • "Spectacles" (invented): opening A[202]
  • "Square" (invented): begins as does "Apache Door"[203]
  • "Stairs" (Cape Prince of Wales Inuit: "tutumukaligat"): ???[13]
  • "Star of David" (???): nonstandard, two people[204]
  • "Stickleback" (Guianas): nonstandard, two people[205]
  • "Storm Clouds" (Navajo): Navajo opening[206]
  • "Sun" (Nauru Island): opening A[207]
  • "Sun" (Klamath): opening A[139]
  • "Sunset" (Murray island: "Lem Baraigida"),[208] (Mabuiag: "Dògai", or "Star"): opening A, related to "Fighting Head-Hunters"[209]
  • "Swan" (Mackenzie Delta Inuit): position 1,[210] variant of "Polar Bear"
  • "Ta Ai" (Gilbert Islands: "Sun"): opening A[142]
  • "Tallow Dips" (Great Britain): nonstandard[211]
  • "Tao Ta 16" (Japan): opening A[212]
  • "Ten Men"[34] (Ngatik),[213] "Turtle" (Australia),[213] "White Betel Leaf"/"Leaves of the Bread-fruit Tree"[34] (Pacific): opening A
    • "Ten Men variation" variation[213]
    • "Second Variation of Ten Men" (invented)[214]
    • "Caroline Islands Triangles": variation[213]
    • "Carrying Money" (Uap: "Runi-ka-fei"): continuation[215]
    • "House of the Blos-Bird" (Ngatik: "Palngan-im-mun-blos"): variation[213]
  • "Threading a Closed Loop" (Omaha, Pawnee, Kwakiutl, Japan, Caroline Islands): nonstandard, trick[216]
  • "Three Stars" (Uap: "Dilipi-tuf"): opening A, Caroline extension[217]
  • "Thumb Catch[er]"[79] (Osage, England), "Bow-String" (Tanana[13]): opening A, trick[218]
  • "Tinamitto" (Nauru: "Dandy"): ???[27]
  • "Toad and a Man" (Kwakiutl): opening A[219]
  • "Torres Straits Lizard" (Murray Island: "Monan"), "Intestines of a Turtle" (Mabuiag: "Maita"): nonstandard, trick[220]
  • "Tortoise" (???): ribcage opening, two person[221]
  • "Tree Hole/Hole in the Tree"/"Sun"/"Moon"/"Female Sexual Organs" (Chama & Oceania): opening A[115]
  • "Tree with Roots and Branches" (Guiana): position 1[55]
  • "Trigger Fish" (Torres Straits: "Nageg"): "Well"[222]
  • "Turtle" (Japan): opening A[223]
  • "Turtle" (Yap): nonstandard, Caroline extension, resembles "Bagobo Diamonds"[224]
    • "Ten Times": continuation, any even number of times possible[224]
  • "Twin Stars" (Navajo: "Sono-tsihu")(Zuni): Navajo opening, closely resembles "Osage Two Diamonds"[225]
  • "Two Boys Fighting for an Arrow" (Klamath): opening A variation[226]
  • "Two Chiefs" (Yap: "Logaru-pilun"): opening A, Caroline extension[227]
  • "Two Coyotes" (Navajo): opening A[115]
    • "Cow's Head"/"Star with Two Horns" (Navajo)[166]
  • "Two Dolphins" (invented): opening A[49][166]
  • "Two Dragonflies" (Gilbert Islands: "U-oman ni keketi"): opening A[228]
  • "Two Elks" (Klamath): opening A[139]
  • "Two Hogans" (Navajo): opening A[229]
  • "Two Islands Joined by a Log" (Warrau): opening A[230]
  • "Two Islands Linked by a Bridge" (Warau, Guiana): opening A[228]
  • "Two Little Boys Running Away" (Klamath): Navajo opening[231]
  • "Two Mountains and a Stream" (St. Michael Island Inuit: "tituchtak"): ???[13]
  • "Two Ptarmigans" (Cape Prince of Wales Inuit: "mugalonik-okhozgiuk"): ???[13]
  • "Two Stars" (Navajo): opening A[232]
  • "Two Wells" (Gilbert Islands: "Tan iti ran"): around wrists[228]
  • "Two Women" (Nauru: "Echeog and Edawaroi"): ???[27]
  • "Ussugdjung" (Cumberland Sound Inuit: "circle" or "sun"): position 1[115][233]
  • "W" (Omaha): opening A[234]
  • "Wanderer" (invented): nonstandard[235]
  • "What Will You Do?" (Kwakiutl), "Old Woman" (Bella Coola): opening B[236]
  • "Wheelbarrow" (invented): Navajo opening[155]
  • "[White] Man in a Bed" (N. America): opening A[237]
  • "[White Man's] Camp Bed"/"Fetish Man's Breastplate"/"Sumbo" (central Africa: "Fishing Net"): nonstandard[238]
  • "Winking Eye" (Kauai): non-standard[239]
  • "Wolf" (Inuit: "Amaroqdjung"): ???[94]
  • "Woman" (Nauru: "Egattamma"): ???[27]
  • "Woman Who Walks a Lot" (N. New Guinea): opening A[240]
  • "Women of Rank" (Nauru: "Etima and Etowa"; Nauru women of rank): ???[27]
  • "Worm" (Navajo): Navajo opening[241]
  • "Would You Like a Sweet/Yam?" (northern Australia),[242] "Will You Have a Yam?"/"Food" (Torres Straits: "Lewer"):[243] position 1
  • "Yam Thief"/"Snake in the Trees" (South America), "Mouse" (Inuit): nonstandard[244]

See also edit

References edit

The list includes all figures from Elffers & Schuyt (1979), Gryski (1983) and (1985), ISFA (1999), and Jayne (1962).

  1. ^ Knight, C. (1995). Blood Relations: Menstruation and the Origins of Culture. New Haven and London: Yale University Press. p. 445. Figure re-drawn after McCarthy, F. D. (1960). "The string figures of Yirrkalla". In Mountford, C. P. (ed.). Records of the American-Australian Scientific Expedition in Arnhem Land. Anthropology and Nutrition. Vol. 2. Melbourne University Press. pp. 415–513 [466].
  2. ^ Heinrich Klutschak (1881). Als Eskimo unter den Eskimos. Vienna.
  3. ^ Jayne, Caroline Furness (1906/1962), String Figures and How to Make Them, p.xix. ISBN 0-486-20152-X. Collected by Klutschak from old men in King William Land.
  4. ^ a b c Elffers, Joost and Schuyt, Michael (1979). Cat's Cradle and Other String Figures, p.196. Translation of Das Hexenspiel (1978). ISBN 0140052011.
  5. ^ a b c d e f g h i j k l m n o p Jayne (1962), p.372-75. Collected by Stewart Culin from four Hawaiian sailors, Aka (Kamehameha), Daviese Kahimoku, Welakahao, and Hale Paka (Harry Park), from Honolulu (????).
  6. ^ International String Figure Association (ISFA) (1996/1999). Fascinating String Figures, p.75. ISBN 0486404005. Invented by Felix Paturi in Rodenbach, Germany.
  7. ^ "String Figure of the Month 2013: Antares", ISFA.org. Collected by Honor Maude in Nauru.
  8. ^ a b c Jayne (1962), p.12. Collected by Jayne from a girl in New Mexico (1904).
  9. ^ Elffers & Schuyt (1979), p.88.
  10. ^ Jayne (1906), p.12-15.
  11. ^ Gryski, Camilla (1983). Cat's Cradle, Owl's Eyes: A Book of String Games, p.58. ISBN 0-688-03941-3.
  12. ^ Jayne (1962), p.246. Collected by Jayne from an Apache woman, Darcia Tafoya, in Jicarilla, New Mexico (1904).
  13. ^ a b c d e f g h i j k l m n o p q r s t u v w Jayne (1962), p.359-66. Inuit figures with no instructions collected by Dr. George B. Gordon in Alaska on an expedition for the Philadelphia Free Museum of Science and Art (????).
  14. ^ Jayne (1962), p.133. Collected by Jayne from Zah Tso & sister (1904).
  15. ^ ISFA (1999), p.21. Collected by Daniel Sutherland Davidson in Northern Australia (????).
  16. ^ a b Jayne (1962), p.43 & 46. Collected by Jayne from a, "young man," in the Vietnamese section at the St. Louis Expo (1904).
  17. ^ a b Averkieva, Julia and Sherman, Mark (1992). Kwakiutl String Figures, p.12. ISBN 029597172X.
  18. ^ Averkieva & Sherman (1992), p.13 and 10.
  19. ^ Averkieva & Sherman (1992), p.11.
  20. ^ Gryski (1983), p.52.
  21. ^ Jayne (1962), p.314. Collected by Jayne from Tso et al (1904).
  22. ^ Jayne (1962), p.212. Collected by Jayne from Tso and sister (1904).
  23. ^ Jayne (1962), p.. Collected by Jayne from Chief Zaroff (1904).
  24. ^ a b Jayne (1962), p.301 & 307. Collected by John L. Cox in Hampton, Virginia from a Pueblo Indian, Antonio Abeita, from Isleta, New Mexico and from Emma Jackson (????), also Culin.
  25. ^ Elffers & Schuyt (1979), p.84.
  26. ^ Jayne (1962), p.219. Collected by Jayne from Tso et al. (1904).
  27. ^ a b c d e f g h i j k l Jayne (1962), p.367-71. Nauru figures without instructions given to Furness as prepared mounted illustrations by E. Stephen in Pleasant Island (????).
  28. ^ Elffers & Schuyt (1979), p.136. With story.
  29. ^ Jayne (1962), p.195. Collected by Haddon, published first by Jayne.
  30. ^ a b Elffers & Schuyt (1979), p.185.
  31. ^ Jayne (1962), p.124. Collected by Dr. Boas in Baffin Land.
  32. ^ Jayne (1962), p.142. Collected by W.H. Furness from Emily on their way to the Caroline Islands (1902).
  33. ^ Jayne (1962), p.260. Collected by Furness from a woman, Emily, in the Caroline Islands (????).
  34. ^ a b c d Elffers & Schuyt (1979), p.200.
  35. ^ Jayne (1962), p.131. Collected but not published by Haddon.
  36. ^ ISFA (1999), p.27. Collected by Peter H. Buck in the South Pacific (????).
  37. ^ a b c d e f g h i j k l Gryski (1983), p.63.
  38. ^ a b Buchanan, Andrea J. and Peskowitz, Miriam (2007). The Daring Book for Girls, p.277. ISBN 978-0-06-147257-2.
  39. ^ Jayne, C. F. (1906/1962), p.324.
  40. ^ Anderson, John P. (2010). Joyce's Finnegans Wake: The Curse of Kabbalah, Volume 4, p.301. ISBN 978-1-59942-810-9.
  41. ^ Elffers and Schuyt (1979), p.27.
  42. ^ a b c d e f Elffers & Schuyt (1979), p.100.
  43. ^ Elffers & Schuyt (1979), p.34.
  44. ^ "String Figure of the Month 2013: Chochaio Bird", ISFA.org. Collected by Father Raymund (????).
  45. ^ Jayne (1962), p.146. Collected by Furness from Emily on their way to the Caroline Islands (1902).
  46. ^ ISFA (1999), p.24. Collected by Johannes Carl Andersen in New Zealand (????).
  47. ^ a b c d Elffers & Schuyt (1979), p.204.
  48. ^ Jayne (1962), p.176. Collected by Furness, from Lemet, a Uap Mispil, in Dulukan (????).
  49. ^ a b Jayne (1962), p.393.
  50. ^ a b c Gryski (1983), p.18.
  51. ^ a b c Elffers & Schuyt (1979), p.31.
  52. ^ Jayne (1962), p.30. Collected by Harlan I. Smith in Thompson River B.C. on the Jesup North Pacific Expedition (1897–1902). Upside down compared to "Cup and Saucer".
  53. ^ Gryski (1983), p.20.
  54. ^ Gryski (1983), p.28.
  55. ^ a b c Elffers & Schuyt (1979), p.182.
  56. ^ a b c Elffers & Schuyt (1979), p.148.
  57. ^ a b c d e f g Gryski (1983), p.40.
  58. ^ a b Jayne (1962), p.24. Collected by Jayne in Pawhuska (1904), also exists in Hawaii.
  59. ^ "String Figure of the Month 2013: King's Crown", ISFA.org. Collected by Erik Kaas Nielsen from a sixth grade student, Susanne Nielsen, at Brøndbyvester School, Copenhagen (1965).
  60. ^ ISFA (1999), p.59. Collected by Diamond Jenness in Canada (????).
  61. ^ Jayne (1962), p.345. Collected by Dr. S. Levinstein from traveling Dravidians in Leipzig (????).
  62. ^ "String Figure of the Month 2013: A Drunken Tree", ISFA.org. Collected by Isabel Balducci in Gran Chaco, Argentina (????).
  63. ^ Gryski (1985). Many Stars and More String Games, p.20. ISBN 0688057926.
  64. ^ ISFA (1999), p.55. Collected by Raul Martinez-Crovetto in Norther Patagonia, Argentina (????).
  65. ^ Jayne (1962), p.16. Collected by Dr. Haddon on the Cambridge Anthropological Expedition (1898), see Rivers and Haddon (1902, p.150).
  66. ^ Jayne (1962), p.320. Collected by Furness from a boy, Gumaun, in the Caroline Islands (????). Collected by Haddon in the Torres Straits (1898).
  67. ^ Gryski (1985), p.26.
  68. ^ Elffers & Schuyt (1979), p.138.
  69. ^ Jayne (1962), p.346. Collected Jayne from a Chippewa Chief at the St. Louis Expo (1904), and by Furness from a Yap boy (1902).
  70. ^ Averkieva & Sherman (1992), p.7.
  71. ^ a b Elffers & Schuyt (1979), p.188.
  72. ^ a b Elffers & Schuyt (1979), p.187.
  73. ^ Rivers and Haddon (1902), p.149, fig.1. Cited in Jayne (1962), p.32.
  74. ^ a b c d e f Gryski (1983), p.22.
  75. ^ a b c d Jayne (1962), p.32. Salish collected by Harlan I. Smith in Thompson River (1897–1902), Clayoquaht by Haddon at St. Louis Exposition (1904), Zuni by Stewart Culin in New Mexico (????).
  76. ^ Elffers & Schuyt (1979), p.42.
  77. ^ "String Figure of the Month 2013: A Flower", ISFA.org. Collected by Will Wirt from a student at Navajo Mountain High School, Utah (????).
  78. ^ Gryski (1983), p.54.
  79. ^ a b Elffers & Schuyt (1979), p.38.
  80. ^ Jayne (1962), p.348. Collected by Haddon (????).
  81. ^ Elffers & Schuyt (1979), p.75.
  82. ^ ISFA (1999), p.66. Collected by G.B. Gordon in King Island (first print in Jayne 1906).
  83. ^ Gryski (1985), p.32.
  84. ^ Elffers & Schuyt (1979), p.76.
  85. ^ Jayne (1962), p.85. Collected by Haddon from a native from Lifu in Mabuiag (????)
  86. ^ a b Gryski (1985), p.36 & 38.
  87. ^ Jayne (1962), p.88.
  88. ^ Jayne (1962), p.89. Collected by Rivers & Haddon in Saguane (????).
  89. ^ Jayne (1962), p.394.
  90. ^ "String Figure of the Month 2013: Giraffe Eating Grass", ISFA.org. Invented by Kazuo Kamiya of Saitama, Japan.
  91. ^ ISFA (1999), p.29. Collected by James Hornell in Zanzibar Island (????).
  92. ^ Elffers & Schuyt (1979), p.53.
  93. ^ Jayne (1962), p.339. Collected by Jayne from Linao Moro and Negrito Filipinos (1904) and by Furness from Dakofel in the Caroline Islands (????).
  94. ^ a b c Jayne (1962), p.371. Collected without instructions by Dr. Boas in Cumberland Sound.
  95. ^ Elffers & Schuyt (1979), p.118.
  96. ^ Elffers & Schuyt (1979), p.156.
  97. ^ Elffers & Schuyt (1979), p.47.
  98. ^ Elffers & Schuyt (1979), p.110.
  99. ^ Jayne (1962), p.200. Collected by Furness from a boy in West Carolines (1902).
  100. ^ "String Figure of the Month 2013: A Hunter Stalking a Seal", ISFA.org. Collected by Guy Mary-Rousselière in Pelly Bay, Nunavut, Canada (????).
  101. ^ Gryski (1983), p.32.
  102. ^ Gryski (1985), p.24.
  103. ^ Elffers & Schuyt (1979), p.186.
  104. ^ Gryski (1985), p.48 & 50.
  105. ^ Jayne (1962), p.39. Collected by Haddon in Torres Straits (????).
  106. ^ Elffers & Schuyt (1979), p.183.
  107. ^ Elffers & Schuyt (1979), p.93.
  108. ^ Gryski (1985), p.44.
  109. ^ Elffers & Schuyt (1979), p.130.
  110. ^ Gryski (1985), p.18.
  111. ^ a b c d e f Elffers & Schuyt (1979), p.195.
  112. ^ a b c d e Jayne (1962), p.116. Collected by Haddon from a part European/African/Cherokee Pullman porter (????) and by John L. Cox from an Onondaga Indian, Charles Doxon (????).
  113. ^ Gryski (1985), p.30.
  114. ^ Elffers & Schuyt (1979), p.120.
  115. ^ a b c d e f Elffers & Schuyt (1979), p.197.
  116. ^ Jayne (1962), p.216. Collected by Haddon in Chicago (1901).
  117. ^ a b Gryski (1983), p.48.
  118. ^ Jayne (1906), front matter.
  119. ^ Jayne (1962), p.295. Collected by John L. Cox from Emma Jackson (????).
  120. ^ Jayne (1962), p.233. Collected by Haddon in the Torres Straits (1904).
  121. ^ Jayne (1962), p.291. Collected by John L. Cox from Emma Jackson (????).
  122. ^ ISFA (1999), p.34. Tradition, described by Hiroshi Noguchi of Tokyo (????).
  123. ^ Jayne (1962), p.230. Collected by Jayne from Tso et al. (1904).
  124. ^ Elffers & Schuyt (1979), p.184.
  125. ^ Jayne (1962), p.391.
  126. ^ Jayne (1962), p.184. Collected by Jayne from Zah Tso & sister (1904).
  127. ^ Gryski (1983), p.44.
  128. ^ Elffers & Schuyt (1979), p.81.
  129. ^ Jayne (1962), p.192. Collected by Haddon (????), published first by Jayne with chant.
  130. ^ a b Gryski (1983), p.56-7.
  131. ^ Gryski (1985), p.51.
  132. ^ Elffers & Schuyt (1979), p.122.
  133. ^ a b c Jayne (1962), p.48, 53, & 66. Also Haddon (1903). Collected by Haddon from, "two old Navajo men," in Chicago (1901).
  134. ^ Elffers & Schuyt (1979), p.121.
  135. ^ Jayne (1962), p.253. Collected by Furness from a woman, Lemet, in the Caroline Islands (1902).
  136. ^ a b Jayne (1962), p.54 & 55. Collected by Jayne from two girls, Zah Tso and her sister, from Gallup, New Mexico at the St. Louis Expo (1904).
  137. ^ a b Jayne (1962), p.56. Collected by Jayne from two girls from Gallup, New Mexico at the St. Louis Expo (1904), also Culin.
  138. ^ a b c Jayne (1962), p.58, 60, & 64. Collected by Jayne from two girls from Gallup, New Mexico at the St. Louis Expo (1904).
  139. ^ a b c d Jayne (1962), p.69, 74, 79, & 82. Collected by John L. Cox from a Klamath Indian from Oregon, Emma Jackson, in Hampton, Virginia (????).
  140. ^ Jayne (1962), p.209. Collected by John L. Cox from Wallace Springer (????).
  141. ^ Gryski (1985), p.40.
  142. ^ a b c Elffers & Schuyt (1979), p.194.
  143. ^ "String Figure of the Month 2013: Moe Hora Hia", ISFA.org. Collected by Kenneth Emory in Polynesia (????).
  144. ^ Elffers & Schuyt (1979), p.36.
  145. ^ Gryski (1983), p.46.
  146. ^ Gryski (1985), p.12.
  147. ^ Elffers & Schuyt (1979), p.78.
  148. ^ Jayne (1962), p.340. Collected by Jayne from Batwa, Negrito, Linao Moros, Chippewa, Osage, Navajo, and Apache. Collected by Haddon from the Omaha and Japanese, and in Torres Straits (????). It is also known to the Irish, Wajiji, and Alaskan Inuit.
  149. ^ Elffers & Schuyt (1979), p.44-5.
  150. ^ Jayne (1962), p.282. Collected by Jayne from an Inuit man from Alaska, Chief Zaroff, at the St. Louis Expo (1904).
  151. ^ Gryski (1983), p.38.
  152. ^ Elffers & Schuyt (1979), p.25.
  153. ^ "String Figure of the Month 2013: Naio Tree", ISFA.org. Collected by Lyle Dickey in Hawaii (????).
  154. ^ Averkieva & Sherman (1992), p.xxxi.
  155. ^ a b ISFA (1999), p.52. Wheelbarrow: invented by Carey C.K. Smith in Stratford, New Zealand (???).
  156. ^ a b ISFA (1999), p.5 & 9. Collected by Lyle A. Dickey in Hawaii (????).
  157. ^ Jayne (1962), p.176. Collected by Furness from Emily (1902).
  158. ^ Jayne (1962), p.243. Collected by Haddon in Chicago (1901).
  159. ^ Jayne (1962), p.11.
  160. ^ Gryski (1983), p.13 and (1985), p.9 and ISFA (1999), p.5.
  161. ^ a b Elffers & Schuyt (1979), p.24.
  162. ^ ISFA (1999), p.34.
  163. ^ Gryski (1985), p.22.
  164. ^ Elffers & Schuyt (1979), p.49.
  165. ^ Jayne (1962), p.28. Collected by Jayne in Pawhuska (1904), also exists in Hawaii.
  166. ^ a b c Elffers & Schuyt (1979), p.201.
  167. ^ Jayne (1962), p.195. Collected by Haddon.
  168. ^ Miller, Lawrence G. (1945). "The Earliest (?) Description of a String Figure". American Anthropologist. New Series. 47 (3): 461–462. doi:10.1525/aa.1945.47.3.02a00190.
  169. ^ D'Antoni, Joseph (1997), Bulletin of the International String Figure Association, 4: 90–94, ISSN 1076-7886 {{citation}}: Missing or empty |title= (help)
  170. ^ ISFA (June 2001). "Plinthios Brokhos". String Figure Magazine. 6 (2). International String Figure Association: 3–4. Retrieved 2008-08-13.
  171. ^ Day, Cyrus L. (1967). Quipus and Witches' Knots. Lawrence, Kansas: University of Kansas Press. pp. 86–89, 124–126.
  172. ^ Gryski (1985), p.28.
  173. ^ ISFA (1999), p.14. Collected by Diamond Jenness in Northern Alaska (????).
  174. ^ Elffers & Schuyt (1979), p.127.
  175. ^ Jayne (1962), p.137. Collected by John L. Cox from Emma Jackson (1904). "Appears to be...an [Inuit] figure,...very widely distributed."
  176. ^ Jayne (1962), p.10.
  177. ^ Gryski (1983), p.12.
  178. ^ Elffers & Schuyt (1979), p.22.
  179. ^ Elffers & Schuyt (1979), p.23.
  180. ^ Jayne (1962), p.276. Collected by Jayne from a Congo Kasai Valley Batwa boy, Ottobang, at the St. Louis Expo (1904).
  181. ^ Gryski (1985), p.54.
  182. ^ Elffers & Schuyt (1979), p.132.
  183. ^ a b c d Jayne (1962), p.101, 110, 114, & 114. Collected by John L. Cox from Emma Jackson (????).
  184. ^ Elffers & Schuyt (1979), p.72.
  185. ^ Elffers & Schuyt (1979), p.26.
  186. ^ Gryski (1985), p.62.
  187. ^ ISFA (1999), p.37. Collected by Harry and Honor Maude in Micronesia (????).
  188. ^ Gryski (1983), p.36.
  189. ^ Elffers & Schuyt (1979), p.112.
  190. ^ Jayne (1962), p.356. Collected by Jayne from a girl in Ireland (???).
  191. ^ Jayne (1962), p.390.
  192. ^ Gryski (1985), p.58.
  193. ^ Jayne (1962), p.34.
  194. ^ Jayne (1962), p.299. Collected by Jayne from Tso et al. (1904).
  195. ^ ISFA (1999), p.11. Collected from children by Will Wirt in northeastern Peru (????).
  196. ^ ISFA (1999), p.70. Collected from a girl by H.R. Haefelfinger in Basel, Germany (????).
  197. ^ Gryski (1983), p.30.
  198. ^ Elffers & Schuyt (1979), p.126.
  199. ^ Gryski (1985), p.34.
  200. ^ Elffers & Schuyt (1979), p.43.
  201. ^ Elffers & Schuyt (1979), p.46.
  202. ^ ISFA (1999), p.63. Invented in by Udo Engelhardt in Berlin, Germany (????).
  203. ^ Jayne (1962), p.392.
  204. ^ a b Elffers & Schuyt (1979), p.117.
  205. ^ Elffers & Schuyt (1979), p.114.
  206. ^ Jayne (1962), p.236. Collected by Jayne from Tso et al. (1904).
  207. ^ ISFA (1999), p.49. Collected by Honor Maude in Micronesia (????).
  208. ^ Elffers & Schuyt (1979), p.151.
  209. ^ Jayne (1962), p.21. Collected by Dr. Haddon in the Torres Straits (????), see Rivers and Haddon (1902, p.150).
  210. ^ ISFA (1999), p.44. Collected by Diamond Jenness in Canada (????).
  211. ^ Jayne (1962), p.248. Collected by the Rev. John Gray from children in Cowgate, Edinburgh (????), story described by Margaret A. Hingston as in Somerset.
  212. ^ "String Figure of the Month 2013: Tao Ta 16", ISFA.org. Invented by Masahiko Eguchi of Japan, based on techniques from Tikopia Island.
  213. ^ a b c d e Jayne (1962), p.150, 156, 158, & 162. Collected by Furness from Emily (1902), Roth gives "Turtle".
  214. ^ Jayne (1962), p.395.
  215. ^ Jayne (1962), p.160. Collected by Dr. Furness from a boy in West Carolines (1902). Step two produces "Plinthios Brokhos"
  216. ^ Jayne (1962), p.354.
  217. ^ Jayne (1962), p.167. Collected by Furness from a 13yo woman, Dakofel, in the West Carolines (???).
  218. ^ Jayne (1962), p.350. Collected by Jayne in Pawhuska (1904).
  219. ^ ISFA (1999), p.41. Collected by Julia Averkieva in Vancouver Island (????).
  220. ^ Jayne (1962), p.337. Collected by Haddon in the Torres Straits (????). Collected by Furness from a boy in the Caroline Islands (1902).
  221. ^ Elffers & Schuyt (1979), p.63.
  222. ^ Jayne (1962), p.96. Collected by Haddon (????), first published by Jayne.
  223. ^ ISFA (1999), p.19. Modern figure, possible 1st mention: Noguchi, Hiroshi (1980).
  224. ^ a b Jayne (1962), p.265 & 271. "Turtle" collected by Furness from a woman, Dakofel, in the Caroline Islands (????). "Ten Times" resembles a figure Jayne saw Linao Moros people form in St. Louis (1904).
  225. ^ Jayne (1962), p.228. Collected by Jayne from Tso et al. (1904), also Culin.
  226. ^ Jayne (1962), p.317. Collected by Cox from Emma Jackson (????).
  227. ^ Jayne (1962), p.188. Collected by Furness, from a man, probably from Dulukan, in Uap (????).
  228. ^ a b c Elffers & Schuyt (1979), p.205.
  229. ^ Jayne (1962), p.121. Collected by Haddon from two old Navajo men in Chicago (1901), also Culin.
  230. ^ ISFA (1999), p.72. Collected by Walter E. Roth in Guyana (????).
  231. ^ Jayne (1962), p.287. Collected by John L. Cox from Emma Jackson (????).
  232. ^ Jayne (1962), p.129. Collected by Jayne from Zah Tso & sister (1904).
  233. ^ Jayne (1962), p.127. Collected by Boas.
  234. ^ Jayne (1962), p.204. Collected by John L. Cox in Hampton, Virginia, from Wallace Springer, an Omaha Indian (????).
  235. ^ "String Figure of the Month 2013: A Wanderer", ISFA.org. Invented by Tom Storer after Hiroshi Noguchi (????).
  236. ^ Averkieva & Sherman (1992), p.9.
  237. ^ Elffers & Schuyt (1979), p.87.
  238. ^ Gryski (1985), p.16.
  239. ^ Gryski (1983), p.24.
  240. ^ "String Figure of the Month 2013: The Woman Who Walks a Lot", ISFA.org. Collected by Camilla Wedgwood in N. New Guinea (????).
  241. ^ Jayne (1962), p.222. Collected by Jayne from Tso et al. (1904).
  242. ^ Elffers & Schuyt (1979), p.134.
  243. ^ Jayne (1962), p.352. Collected by Haddon (????).
  244. ^ Gryski (1983), p.50.

External links edit

Webpages with lists of string figures:

  • "String Figure of the Month", ISFA.org.
  • "Index to the Collection", WWW Collection of Favorite String Figures.
  • "String Figures", Gadan.it.
  • "Index", String Figure Studio.
  • "", Dine String Games.
  • "Jayne's Finished-Pattern-Only Figures", Neil Parker's homepage.
  • .
  • "Strings on Your Fingers", GardenDigest.com.
  • "Memoir No. 13: String-Figures From the Gilbert Islands", Journal of the Polynesian Society.
  • at the Wayback Machine (archived June 13, 2013) (in French)
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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 are translations and or descriptions Contents 1 Format 2 List 3 See also 4 References 5 External linksFormat editExplanation of the format of these listings name 1 location of name specific citation name 2 location 2 opening position extension notes general citation subsequent figuresList edit nbsp Opening A seen from below nbsp Two Diamonds nbsp Heraklas Plinthios Brokhos made in a doubled cord Resembles A Hole in the Tree with different crossings nbsp Cradle the first and opening position of Cat s cradle nbsp Soldier s Bed from Cat s cradle nbsp Candles from Cat s cradle nbsp Diamonds from Cat s cradle nbsp Cat s Eye from Cat s cradle nbsp Fish in a Dish from Cat s cradle nbsp Grandfather Clock from Cat s cradle nbsp Women s string figure depicting menstrual blood of three women illustrating the Yolŋu people s tribal mythology of menstrual synchrony 1 nbsp Inuit string figures 2 reindeer wolf and pig 3 Ace of Diamonds Hawaii E ke ma nu position 1 similar to Cat s cradle s Mattress 4 5 Big Star Navajo 4 Ace of Hearts Hawaii E ke pe ki 5 Ace of Spades Hawaii E ke ha ka 5 Andromeda Galaxy invented opening A 6 Antares Nauru opening A 7 Apache Door Apache 8 Pancho Navajo 8 Sling Zuni 8 Tent Door String Bag Horde Poncho Streamers Fish Net 9 N America opening A 10 Navajo position 1 11 Apache Teepee Apache nonstandard 12 Arms Nunivak Inuit moguk 13 Legs eruk 13 Arrow Navajo Ka opening A 14 Baby Being Born Wadaman position 1 15 Bagobo Diamonds Bagobo also Linao Moros opening A 16 Bagobo Two Diamonds Bagobo opening A 16 Bear s Den Kwakiutl 17 Bear Kwakiutl Dog N Alaska W Greenland Fox Mackenzie W Copper Netsilik Iglulik 18 Porcupine Kwakiutl Man Kneeling Caribou Hunter Approaching a Seal on Ice Netsilik 19 Goose Kwakiutl 17 Bird Papua position 1 20 Bird House Hawaii A na ma nu 5 Bird s Nest Navajo position 1 21 Bow Navajo Atl ti Navajo opening 22 Breastbone and Ribs Inuit Grut ribcage opening 23 Breasts Hawaii Wai u la wa 5 Brush House Zuni Pi cho wai ham pun nai Hut Pueblo Nathu Klamath nonstandard 24 Six Pointed Star continuation 24 Butterfly Navajo Ga lo ki Ga hi ki Navajo opening 25 26 Butterfly Nauru Ijewaioi 27 Candle Thief England Ireland Germany nonstandard 28 Canoe with Two Masts Torres Straits Nar opening A requires two people or use of a toe 29 Canoe with Two Sails Gilbert Islands chant Te Wa Ma le Na opening A 30 Caribou Cumberland Sound Inuit Tuktuqdjung 31 Caribou St Michael Island Inuit tuk tuk 13 opening A Caroline Islands Catch Ngatik opening A similar to King Fish 32 Caroline Islands Diamonds Ngatik nonstandard Caroline extension 33 Carrying Bundles of Wood Navajo opening A 34 Casting the Fish Spear Torres Straits opening A 35 similar to Fish Spear Catching a Cockroach Samoa nonstandard 36 Cat s cradle Europe 37 game of string Russia 38 kang sok Southern China well rope 39 Jack in the Pulpit 40 regional U S Cradle 1 Cradle around wrists 37 41 2 Soldier s Bed 37 Mattress 42 3 Candles 37 Calm Sea 42 4 Manger 37 Upturned Cradle 42 End Saw 37 5 amp 12 Diamonds 37 Carpet Russia 38 Mattress Turned Over 42 6 Cat s Eye 37 42 7 Fish in a Dish 37 Pig on Pegs 42 10 Hand Drum Scraggly 37 End Two Royal Crowns Grandfather Clock 37 End Lucky Tea Kettle 37 Chicken Bum Guianas Peru Sierra Leone Wink Hawaii nonstandard 43 Chochaio Palau Bird opening B 44 Circles and Triangles Ngatik Bur bur ani jau opening A 45 Clothes Line Cape Prince of Wales Inuit iniarat 13 Cobweb Whanganui position 1 46 Coconut Net Gilbert Islands Teibu Te Tatai around wrists 47 Coral Uap Melang opening A Caroline extension 48 Variation of Coral invented 49 Cup and Saucer Europe 50 51 Sake Cup House Japan 50 Canoe with Outrigger New Caledonia 51 50 Skinning the Bison Dressing a Skin 52 Salish 51 opening A Owl s Eyes Europe opening A 53 Cutting the Hand Inuit opening A 54 Dancer Caroline and Loyalty Islands position 1 55 Diadem 56 Jacob s Ladder Europe 56 57 Osage Diamonds Osage 56 57 58 Fence Ladder Irish 58 Calabesh Net Africa 57 Le pont de Quebec 57 Quebec Quebec Bridge opening A Cat s Whiskers Europe continuation 57 Eiffel Tower Europe continuation 57 Witch s Hat Europe continuation 57 King s Crown Germany variation 59 Dog On a Leash Nunivak Island Inuit kaymuchta 13 Dog with Large Ears Copper Inuit nonstandard 60 Dravidian Trick Dravidian 61 Drunken Tree Eastern Toba opening A 62 Eel Papua Catching Crabs Gilbert Islands nonstandard 63 Egarawinago Nauru Lady of Quality 27 Egona and Egameang Sitting On a Stone Nauru 27 Erupting Volcano Mapuche opening A 64 Fighting Head hunters Torres Straits Ares or Murray and Duaur men fighting opening A 65 Find the Owl Navajo opening A 34 Flint and Steel Yap Nifi Origin of Fire Torres Straits 66 Chellaba Africa turn over 67 Tinder box 68 Caroline Islands position 1 Finger Catch Chippewa nonstandard 69 Fire Drill Kwakiutl opening B 70 Fish Murray opening 71 Pig Lifu Island Loyalty Islands 72 Frog Patomana British Guiana 72 Silau Papuan Goodenough Island Evil Spirit Murray opening 71 Fish Spear Torres Straits Baur 73 74 75 Pitching a Tent Salish B C 74 75 Sea Egg Echinus Spear Clayoquaht 75 Duck Spear Alaska 74 Coconut Palm Tree Africa 74 Parachute Europe 76 Witches Broom 74 Europe position 1 74 75 similar to Hogan but with three lines and similar to Casting the Fish Spear Floor Mat Nauru 27 Flower Navajo position 1 77 Fly Mosquito Smashing a Coconut Flying Fox Solomon Islands 78 nonstandard 79 Fly On the Nose Torres Straits Buli nonstandard trick 80 Flying Bird South Sea Islands position 1 81 Four Boys Hand in Hand Australia Murray opening 47 Fox and Whale King Island Inuit achvuk tezeuk 13 position 1 82 Ghost Dance New Guinea two person 83 Gated Well Well South Sea Islands 84 Velovelo Fiji Dugout Canoe Ti Meta Murray Island Ti Bird s Nest 85 Basket Wooden Food Bowl opening A 86 Fence Around the Well continuation 86 Lifu Sihnag 87 Crab Kiwai Island Kokowa continuation 88 Variation of the Crab invented 89 Giraffe Eating Grass Japan opening A variation of Two Brown Bears 90 Ha le ku mu ma ka a Hawaii 5 Hammock Muslim position 1 91 Hammock Weaving N or S America two person 92 Hanging Philippines amp Yap nonstandard trick 93 Hare Inuit Ukaliaqdjung 94 Hawk Wardaman opening A two people 95 Headhunters Murray island opening A 96 Hill and Two Ponds Inuit Qaqaqdjung Sesinging 94 Hogan Navajo nonstandard 97 Parachute with four lines House Australia around wrists two people 98 House Yap Naun Maori North Queensland opening A two people 99 Hull of a Ship Nauru Deimano 27 Hunter Stalking a Seal Inuit position 1 100 Ibunemun Nauru Man 27 Iburenio Nauru a growth in the tomana tree opening A 55 Japanese Butterfly Japan nonstandard 101 102 Kani Mumun Gilbert Islands dispersing clouds or flight of the conquered position 1 103 King Fish Murray Island Geigi Mabuiag Dangal Dugong Sea cow Kamo Torres Straits The Thief 104 opening A 105 similar to Caroline Islands Catch King s Throne The Bed Gilbert Islands Bao n te nea opening A 106 Kiwi Maori opening A 107 Ko he Hawaii 5 Laia Flower Lotus Flower New Hebrides opening A 108 109 Lairo Fiji Land Crab position 1 variant 110 Lake Fish Anvik Inuit nanvumcheseah 13 Leashing Lines of Lochiel s Dogs 111 Scotland Ireland England 112 Raven s Feet Crow s Feet Tanana Inuit 13 Ptarmigan Feet Crows Feet 111 N America 112 Cock s Feet France 112 Chicken Toes 111 Wooden Spoon Africa Umuzwa 112 Emus Cockerels Feet 111 Two Tents 111 Spade New Zealand 113 Ducks Feet Scotland opening A nearly identical to Two Hogans 112 Pepper Plant 111 Spider s Web two people 114 Caterpillar 115 Lightning Navajo Atsinil klish Tewa Vo pi ri dai Navajo opening 116 117 118 Little Boat Two Boats King Island Inuit kayak malruk kayak 13 Little Boy Carrying Wood Klamath Navajo opening 119 Little Fishes Murray Island Tup Navajo opening 120 Little Fish That Hides in the Mud Klamath nonstandard 121 Little Girl with Pigtails Japan opening A 122 Lizard Navajo Nashoi dichizhi Navajo opening 123 124 Lozenge invented opening A 125 Ma ka pe na Hawaii 5 Man Navajo Dine opening A resembles Coral 126 Man Climbing a Tree Australia opening A 127 Man in a Hammock around wrists 128 Man on and a Bed Torres Straits Le Sik opening A 129 130 Hoochie Koochie Man Europe 130 Many Stars 131 Starry Sky 132 Navajo Son tlani opening A 133 Firmament two people 134 Net Hawaii U pe na 5 New Mittens Tanana ajakailaiguk 13 O ko le a mo Hawaii 5 One Chief Yap Pilun position 1 Caroline extension 135 Owl 1 Nas ja variation 133 Owl 2 variation 136 Owl 3 variation 136 Seven Stars Dil ye he Pleiades variation 137 Two Horned Star Son bi tere Cow s Head variation 138 Two Coyotes Ma i at sani il watli variation 138 Big Star variation 138 North Star Tsun tsi variation 137 Carrying Wood Chiz jǒ yĕt lĭ variation 133 Owl s Net variation 139 M Omaha opening A 140 Maui s Lasso Hawaii opening A 141 Melon Rind Papuan Bamu River position 1 142 Moe Hora Hia Tuamotus Ghost s Path opening A 143 Monkey Bum 144 Flying Parrot British Guiana Wink Hawaii nonstandard 145 Moth Zulu Spectacles Europe opening A 146 147 Mouse Murray Island Kebe Mokeis Express Train Germany Inuit N amp S America Japan Philippines Australia nonstandard Probably the most widely distributed of all the string figures 148 149 Mouth Topek Inuit Rote 150 Trap Cape Prince of Wales Inuit keezook 13 Navajo opening Mrs Crab South Pacific Elastic Band Japan Twitcher Hawaii position 1 151 Mr Spider Gilbert Islands opening A 30 Murray opening 152 Index opening technical opening position Naio Tree Kauai and Niihau False Sandalwood position 1 153 Navajo opening Navajo Opening B technical 154 opening position 117 155 115 Neneuri Gilbert Islands maybe someone s name opening A 142 Night Darkness 115 Hawaii Po 5 also Pacific Japan Africa South America opening A 156 Twinkling Star 156 No Name Ngatik opening A 157 One Hogan Navajo nonstandard 158 Opening A 159 160 161 Japanese opening 162 technical Inuit N amp S America Papua 161 position 1 Open the Gate Hawaii Island Separated from Land Fiji Kokoko New Guinea bird call opening A 163 Osage Two Diamonds Osage opening A 164 165 Owl Navajo Nasha position 1 similar to Starry Night 166 Palm Tree Torres Straits U opening A 167 Paths to the Well Gilbert Islands opening A clearly similar to Iburenio 47 Plinthios Brokhos Ancient Greece 168 169 170 Sun Clouded Over Australia 171 Giant Clam Fiji 172 opening A Polar Bear North Alaskan Inuit position 1 variant of Swan 173 Pole Star opening A 174 Porcupine Klamath Wolf Wolverine Cape Prince of Wales koftsick kulonik 13 Fox opening A 175 Position 1 First position 176 technical opening position 177 178 Position 2 technical opening position 179 Post Hawaii Pou 5 Priestess Nauru Etaroking 27 Pu Hawaii 5 Pump Hawaii Pau ma wai 5 Pygmy Diamonds Batwa Navajo opening 180 Rabbit Klamath opening A 139 181 182 Rabbit Anvik Inuit makadok Bird On Eggs St Michael Island 13 Rain Nauru O eron opening A 47 Rattlesnake and a Boy Klamath opening A 183 Two Skunks variation 183 Two Foxes variation 183 Two Squirrels variation 183 Rectangle position 1 4 Ribcage Alaska Inuit ribcage opening 184 Ribcage opening technical opening position 185 Salt Cave Hawaii opening A variation of Fishnet 186 Sandsnipe Kiribati nonstandard 187 Saw Hawaii Pa hi o lo 5 Saw Scotland Cradle 188 Sawing Together around the world 189 Saw Mill Ireland 190 position 1 nonstandard two people trick Scarab invented all moves but one taken from Well Crab and Fence 191 Seagull Man Carrying a Kayak Nunivak Island Inuit tc c kyack 13 opening A 192 Sealskin Carrying bag St Michael Island Inuit aginuk 13 Kidneys taktuk continuation 13 Sea snake Murray Island Pagi 193 Seasnake Nauru Iiyanibongo 27 Second Worm Navajo Navajo opening 194 See saw Hawaii Ma hi ki 5 Seven Diamonds Brillo Nuevo nonstandard 195 Sewing Machine Basel Cradle 196 Ship King Island Inuit umiakbuk 13 Siberian House 197 198 Two Brown Bears and Their Caves 199 Big Diomede Island Inuit 13 opening A Two Inuit Running Away mugalonik enuck okparuktuk 13 Smith s Secret 1 Europe nonstandard 200 Smith s Secret 2 Alaskan Inuit nonstandard 201 Spectacles invented opening A 202 Square invented begins as does Apache Door 203 Stairs Cape Prince of Wales Inuit tutumukaligat 13 Star of David nonstandard two people 204 Hut Pueblo Nathu 204 Stickleback Guianas nonstandard two people 205 Storm Clouds Navajo Navajo opening 206 Sun Nauru Island opening A 207 Sun Klamath opening A 139 Sunset Murray island Lem Baraigida 208 Mabuiag Dogai or Star opening A related to Fighting Head Hunters 209 Swan Mackenzie Delta Inuit position 1 210 variant of Polar Bear Ta Ai Gilbert Islands Sun opening A 142 Tallow Dips Great Britain nonstandard 211 Tao Ta 16 Japan opening A 212 Ten Men 34 Ngatik 213 Turtle Australia 213 White Betel Leaf Leaves of the Bread fruit Tree 34 Pacific opening A Ten Men variation variation 213 Second Variation of Ten Men invented 214 Caroline Islands Triangles variation 213 Carrying Money Uap Runi ka fei continuation 215 House of the Blos Bird Ngatik Palngan im mun blos variation 213 Threading a Closed Loop Omaha Pawnee Kwakiutl Japan Caroline Islands nonstandard trick 216 Three Stars Uap Dilipi tuf opening A Caroline extension 217 Thumb Catch er 79 Osage England Bow String Tanana 13 opening A trick 218 Tinamitto Nauru Dandy 27 Toad and a Man Kwakiutl opening A 219 Torres Straits Lizard Murray Island Monan Intestines of a Turtle Mabuiag Maita nonstandard trick 220 Tortoise ribcage opening two person 221 Tree Hole Hole in the Tree Sun Moon Female Sexual Organs Chama amp Oceania opening A 115 Tree with Roots and Branches Guiana position 1 55 Trigger Fish Torres Straits Nageg Well 222 Turtle Japan opening A 223 Turtle Yap nonstandard Caroline extension resembles Bagobo Diamonds 224 Ten Times continuation any even number of times possible 224 Twin Stars Navajo Sono tsihu Zuni Navajo opening closely resembles Osage Two Diamonds 225 Two Boys Fighting for an Arrow Klamath opening A variation 226 Two Chiefs Yap Logaru pilun opening A Caroline extension 227 Two Coyotes Navajo opening A 115 Cow s Head Star with Two Horns Navajo 166 Two Dolphins invented opening A 49 166 Two Dragonflies Gilbert Islands U oman ni keketi opening A 228 Two Elks Klamath opening A 139 Two Hogans Navajo opening A 229 Two Islands Joined by a Log Warrau opening A 230 Two Islands Linked by a Bridge Warau Guiana opening A 228 Two Little Boys Running Away Klamath Navajo opening 231 Two Mountains and a Stream St Michael Island Inuit tituchtak 13 Two Ptarmigans Cape Prince of Wales Inuit mugalonik okhozgiuk 13 Two Stars Navajo opening A 232 Two Wells Gilbert Islands Tan iti ran around wrists 228 Two Women Nauru Echeog and Edawaroi 27 Ussugdjung Cumberland Sound Inuit circle or sun position 1 115 233 W Omaha opening A 234 Wanderer invented nonstandard 235 What Will You Do Kwakiutl Old Woman Bella Coola opening B 236 Wheelbarrow invented Navajo opening 155 White Man in a Bed N America opening A 237 White Man s Camp Bed Fetish Man s Breastplate Sumbo central Africa Fishing Net nonstandard 238 Winking Eye Kauai non standard 239 Wolf Inuit Amaroqdjung 94 Woman Nauru Egattamma 27 Woman Who Walks a Lot N New Guinea opening A 240 Women of Rank Nauru Etima and Etowa Nauru women of rank 27 Worm Navajo Navajo opening 241 Would You Like a Sweet Yam northern Australia 242 Will You Have a Yam Food Torres Straits Lewer 243 position 1 Yam Thief Snake in the Trees South America Mouse Inuit nonstandard 244 See also editNotable string scholarsReferences editThe list includes all figures from Elffers amp Schuyt 1979 Gryski 1983 and 1985 ISFA 1999 and Jayne 1962 Knight C 1995 Blood Relations Menstruation and the Origins of Culture New Haven and London Yale University Press p 445 Figure re drawn after McCarthy F D 1960 The string figures of Yirrkalla In Mountford C P ed Records of the American Australian Scientific Expedition in Arnhem Land Anthropology and Nutrition Vol 2 Melbourne University Press pp 415 513 466 Heinrich Klutschak 1881 Als Eskimo unter den Eskimos Vienna Jayne Caroline Furness 1906 1962 String Figures and How to Make Them p xix ISBN 0 486 20152 X Collected by Klutschak from old men in King William Land a b c Elffers Joost and Schuyt Michael 1979 Cat s Cradle and Other String Figures p 196 Translation of Das Hexenspiel 1978 ISBN 0140052011 a b c d e f g h i j k l m n o p Jayne 1962 p 372 75 Collected by Stewart Culin from four Hawaiian sailors Aka Kamehameha Daviese Kahimoku Welakahao and Hale Paka Harry Park from Honolulu International String Figure Association ISFA 1996 1999 Fascinating String Figures p 75 ISBN 0486404005 Invented by Felix Paturi in Rodenbach Germany String Figure of the Month 2013 Antares ISFA org Collected by Honor Maude in Nauru a b c Jayne 1962 p 12 Collected by Jayne from a girl in New Mexico 1904 Elffers amp Schuyt 1979 p 88 Jayne 1906 p 12 15 Gryski Camilla 1983 Cat s Cradle Owl s Eyes A Book of String Games p 58 ISBN 0 688 03941 3 Jayne 1962 p 246 Collected by Jayne from an Apache woman Darcia Tafoya in Jicarilla New Mexico 1904 a b c d e f g h i j k l m n o p q r s t u v w Jayne 1962 p 359 66 Inuit figures with no instructions collected by Dr George B Gordon in Alaska on an expedition for the Philadelphia Free Museum of Science and Art Jayne 1962 p 133 Collected by Jayne from Zah Tso amp sister 1904 ISFA 1999 p 21 Collected by Daniel Sutherland Davidson in Northern Australia a b Jayne 1962 p 43 amp 46 Collected by Jayne from a young man in the Vietnamese section at the St Louis Expo 1904 a b Averkieva Julia and Sherman Mark 1992 Kwakiutl String Figures p 12 ISBN 029597172X Averkieva amp Sherman 1992 p 13 and 10 Averkieva amp Sherman 1992 p 11 Gryski 1983 p 52 Jayne 1962 p 314 Collected by Jayne from Tso et al 1904 Jayne 1962 p 212 Collected by Jayne from Tso and sister 1904 Jayne 1962 p Collected by Jayne from Chief Zaroff 1904 a b Jayne 1962 p 301 amp 307 Collected by John L Cox in Hampton Virginia from a Pueblo Indian Antonio Abeita from Isleta New Mexico and from Emma Jackson also Culin Elffers amp Schuyt 1979 p 84 Jayne 1962 p 219 Collected by Jayne from Tso et al 1904 a b c d e f g h i j k l Jayne 1962 p 367 71 Nauru figures without instructions given to Furness as prepared mounted illustrations by E Stephen in Pleasant Island Elffers amp Schuyt 1979 p 136 With story Jayne 1962 p 195 Collected by Haddon published first by Jayne a b Elffers amp Schuyt 1979 p 185 Jayne 1962 p 124 Collected by Dr Boas in Baffin Land Jayne 1962 p 142 Collected by W H Furness from Emily on their way to the Caroline Islands 1902 Jayne 1962 p 260 Collected by Furness from a woman Emily in the Caroline Islands a b c d Elffers amp Schuyt 1979 p 200 Jayne 1962 p 131 Collected but not published by Haddon ISFA 1999 p 27 Collected by Peter H Buck in the South Pacific a b c d e f g h i j k l Gryski 1983 p 63 a b Buchanan Andrea J and Peskowitz Miriam 2007 The Daring Book for Girls p 277 ISBN 978 0 06 147257 2 Jayne C F 1906 1962 p 324 Anderson John P 2010 Joyce s Finnegans Wake The Curse of Kabbalah Volume 4 p 301 ISBN 978 1 59942 810 9 Elffers and Schuyt 1979 p 27 a b c d e f Elffers amp Schuyt 1979 p 100 Elffers amp Schuyt 1979 p 34 String Figure of the Month 2013 Chochaio Bird ISFA org Collected by Father Raymund Jayne 1962 p 146 Collected by Furness from Emily on their way to the Caroline Islands 1902 ISFA 1999 p 24 Collected by Johannes Carl Andersen in New Zealand a b c d Elffers amp Schuyt 1979 p 204 Jayne 1962 p 176 Collected by Furness from Lemet a Uap Mispil in Dulukan a b Jayne 1962 p 393 a b c Gryski 1983 p 18 a b c Elffers amp Schuyt 1979 p 31 Jayne 1962 p 30 Collected by Harlan I Smith in Thompson River B C on the Jesup North Pacific Expedition 1897 1902 Upside down compared to Cup and Saucer Gryski 1983 p 20 Gryski 1983 p 28 a b c Elffers amp Schuyt 1979 p 182 a b c Elffers amp Schuyt 1979 p 148 a b c d e f g Gryski 1983 p 40 a b Jayne 1962 p 24 Collected by Jayne in Pawhuska 1904 also exists in Hawaii String Figure of the Month 2013 King s Crown ISFA org Collected by Erik Kaas Nielsen from a sixth grade student Susanne Nielsen at Brondbyvester School Copenhagen 1965 ISFA 1999 p 59 Collected by Diamond Jenness in Canada Jayne 1962 p 345 Collected by Dr S Levinstein from traveling Dravidians in Leipzig String Figure of the Month 2013 A Drunken Tree ISFA org Collected by Isabel Balducci in Gran Chaco Argentina Gryski 1985 Many Stars and More String Games p 20 ISBN 0688057926 ISFA 1999 p 55 Collected by Raul Martinez Crovetto in Norther Patagonia Argentina Jayne 1962 p 16 Collected by Dr Haddon on the Cambridge Anthropological Expedition 1898 see Rivers and Haddon 1902 p 150 Jayne 1962 p 320 Collected by Furness from a boy Gumaun in the Caroline Islands Collected by Haddon in the Torres Straits 1898 Gryski 1985 p 26 Elffers amp Schuyt 1979 p 138 Jayne 1962 p 346 Collected Jayne from a Chippewa Chief at the St Louis Expo 1904 and by Furness from a Yap boy 1902 Averkieva amp Sherman 1992 p 7 a b Elffers amp Schuyt 1979 p 188 a b Elffers amp Schuyt 1979 p 187 Rivers and Haddon 1902 p 149 fig 1 Cited in Jayne 1962 p 32 a b c d e f Gryski 1983 p 22 a b c d Jayne 1962 p 32 Salish collected by Harlan I Smith in Thompson River 1897 1902 Clayoquaht by Haddon at St Louis Exposition 1904 Zuni by Stewart Culin in New Mexico Elffers amp Schuyt 1979 p 42 String Figure of the Month 2013 A Flower ISFA org Collected by Will Wirt from a student at Navajo Mountain High School Utah Gryski 1983 p 54 a b Elffers amp Schuyt 1979 p 38 Jayne 1962 p 348 Collected by Haddon Elffers amp Schuyt 1979 p 75 ISFA 1999 p 66 Collected by G B Gordon in King Island first print in Jayne 1906 Gryski 1985 p 32 Elffers amp Schuyt 1979 p 76 Jayne 1962 p 85 Collected by Haddon from a native from Lifu in Mabuiag a b Gryski 1985 p 36 amp 38 Jayne 1962 p 88 Jayne 1962 p 89 Collected by Rivers amp Haddon in Saguane Jayne 1962 p 394 String Figure of the Month 2013 Giraffe Eating Grass ISFA org Invented by Kazuo Kamiya of Saitama Japan ISFA 1999 p 29 Collected by James Hornell in Zanzibar Island Elffers amp Schuyt 1979 p 53 Jayne 1962 p 339 Collected by Jayne from Linao Moro and Negrito Filipinos 1904 and by Furness from Dakofel in the Caroline Islands a b c Jayne 1962 p 371 Collected without instructions by Dr Boas in Cumberland Sound Elffers amp Schuyt 1979 p 118 Elffers amp Schuyt 1979 p 156 Elffers amp Schuyt 1979 p 47 Elffers amp Schuyt 1979 p 110 Jayne 1962 p 200 Collected by Furness from a boy in West Carolines 1902 String Figure of the Month 2013 A Hunter Stalking a Seal ISFA org Collected by Guy Mary Rousseliere in Pelly Bay Nunavut Canada Gryski 1983 p 32 Gryski 1985 p 24 Elffers amp Schuyt 1979 p 186 Gryski 1985 p 48 amp 50 Jayne 1962 p 39 Collected by Haddon in Torres Straits Elffers amp Schuyt 1979 p 183 Elffers amp Schuyt 1979 p 93 Gryski 1985 p 44 Elffers amp Schuyt 1979 p 130 Gryski 1985 p 18 a b c d e f Elffers amp Schuyt 1979 p 195 a b c d e Jayne 1962 p 116 Collected by Haddon from a part European African Cherokee Pullman porter and by John L Cox from an Onondaga Indian Charles Doxon Gryski 1985 p 30 Elffers amp Schuyt 1979 p 120 a b c d e f Elffers amp Schuyt 1979 p 197 Jayne 1962 p 216 Collected by Haddon in Chicago 1901 a b Gryski 1983 p 48 Jayne 1906 front matter Jayne 1962 p 295 Collected by John L Cox from Emma Jackson Jayne 1962 p 233 Collected by Haddon in the Torres Straits 1904 Jayne 1962 p 291 Collected by John L Cox from Emma Jackson ISFA 1999 p 34 Tradition described by Hiroshi Noguchi of Tokyo Jayne 1962 p 230 Collected by Jayne from Tso et al 1904 Elffers amp Schuyt 1979 p 184 Jayne 1962 p 391 Jayne 1962 p 184 Collected by Jayne from Zah Tso amp sister 1904 Gryski 1983 p 44 Elffers amp Schuyt 1979 p 81 Jayne 1962 p 192 Collected by Haddon published first by Jayne with chant a b Gryski 1983 p 56 7 Gryski 1985 p 51 Elffers amp Schuyt 1979 p 122 a b c Jayne 1962 p 48 53 amp 66 Also Haddon 1903 Collected by Haddon from two old Navajo men in Chicago 1901 Elffers amp Schuyt 1979 p 121 Jayne 1962 p 253 Collected by Furness from a woman Lemet in the Caroline Islands 1902 a b Jayne 1962 p 54 amp 55 Collected by Jayne from two girls Zah Tso and her sister from Gallup New Mexico at the St Louis Expo 1904 a b Jayne 1962 p 56 Collected by Jayne from two girls from Gallup New Mexico at the St Louis Expo 1904 also Culin a b c Jayne 1962 p 58 60 amp 64 Collected by Jayne from two girls from Gallup New Mexico at the St Louis Expo 1904 a b c d Jayne 1962 p 69 74 79 amp 82 Collected by John L Cox from a Klamath Indian from Oregon Emma Jackson in Hampton Virginia Jayne 1962 p 209 Collected by John L Cox from Wallace Springer Gryski 1985 p 40 a b c Elffers amp Schuyt 1979 p 194 String Figure of the Month 2013 Moe Hora Hia ISFA org Collected by Kenneth Emory in Polynesia Elffers amp Schuyt 1979 p 36 Gryski 1983 p 46 Gryski 1985 p 12 Elffers amp Schuyt 1979 p 78 Jayne 1962 p 340 Collected by Jayne from Batwa Negrito Linao Moros Chippewa Osage Navajo and Apache Collected by Haddon from the Omaha and Japanese and in Torres Straits It is also known to the Irish Wajiji and Alaskan Inuit Elffers amp Schuyt 1979 p 44 5 Jayne 1962 p 282 Collected by Jayne from an Inuit man from Alaska Chief Zaroff at the St Louis Expo 1904 Gryski 1983 p 38 Elffers amp Schuyt 1979 p 25 String Figure of the Month 2013 Naio Tree ISFA org Collected by Lyle Dickey in Hawaii Averkieva amp Sherman 1992 p xxxi a b ISFA 1999 p 52 Wheelbarrow invented by Carey C K Smith in Stratford New Zealand a b ISFA 1999 p 5 amp 9 Collected by Lyle A Dickey in Hawaii Jayne 1962 p 176 Collected by Furness from Emily 1902 Jayne 1962 p 243 Collected by Haddon in Chicago 1901 Jayne 1962 p 11 Gryski 1983 p 13 and 1985 p 9 and ISFA 1999 p 5 a b Elffers amp Schuyt 1979 p 24 ISFA 1999 p 34 Gryski 1985 p 22 Elffers amp Schuyt 1979 p 49 Jayne 1962 p 28 Collected by Jayne in Pawhuska 1904 also exists in Hawaii a b c Elffers amp Schuyt 1979 p 201 Jayne 1962 p 195 Collected by Haddon Miller Lawrence G 1945 The Earliest Description of a String Figure American Anthropologist New Series 47 3 461 462 doi 10 1525 aa 1945 47 3 02a00190 D Antoni Joseph 1997 Bulletin of the International String Figure Association 4 90 94 ISSN 1076 7886 a href Template Citation html title Template Citation citation a Missing or empty title help ISFA June 2001 Plinthios Brokhos String Figure Magazine 6 2 International String Figure Association 3 4 Retrieved 2008 08 13 Day Cyrus L 1967 Quipus and Witches Knots Lawrence Kansas University of Kansas Press pp 86 89 124 126 Gryski 1985 p 28 ISFA 1999 p 14 Collected by Diamond Jenness in Northern Alaska Elffers amp Schuyt 1979 p 127 Jayne 1962 p 137 Collected by John L Cox from Emma Jackson 1904 Appears to be an Inuit figure very widely distributed Jayne 1962 p 10 Gryski 1983 p 12 Elffers amp Schuyt 1979 p 22 Elffers amp Schuyt 1979 p 23 Jayne 1962 p 276 Collected by Jayne from a Congo Kasai Valley Batwa boy Ottobang at the St Louis Expo 1904 Gryski 1985 p 54 Elffers amp Schuyt 1979 p 132 a b c d Jayne 1962 p 101 110 114 amp 114 Collected by John L Cox from Emma Jackson Elffers amp Schuyt 1979 p 72 Elffers amp Schuyt 1979 p 26 Gryski 1985 p 62 ISFA 1999 p 37 Collected by Harry and Honor Maude in Micronesia Gryski 1983 p 36 Elffers amp Schuyt 1979 p 112 Jayne 1962 p 356 Collected by Jayne from a girl in Ireland Jayne 1962 p 390 Gryski 1985 p 58 Jayne 1962 p 34 Jayne 1962 p 299 Collected by Jayne from Tso et al 1904 ISFA 1999 p 11 Collected from children by Will Wirt in northeastern Peru ISFA 1999 p 70 Collected from a girl by H R Haefelfinger in Basel Germany Gryski 1983 p 30 Elffers amp Schuyt 1979 p 126 Gryski 1985 p 34 Elffers amp Schuyt 1979 p 43 Elffers amp Schuyt 1979 p 46 ISFA 1999 p 63 Invented in by Udo Engelhardt in Berlin Germany Jayne 1962 p 392 a b Elffers amp Schuyt 1979 p 117 Elffers amp Schuyt 1979 p 114 Jayne 1962 p 236 Collected by Jayne from Tso et al 1904 ISFA 1999 p 49 Collected by Honor Maude in Micronesia Elffers amp Schuyt 1979 p 151 Jayne 1962 p 21 Collected by Dr Haddon in the Torres Straits see Rivers and Haddon 1902 p 150 ISFA 1999 p 44 Collected by Diamond Jenness in Canada Jayne 1962 p 248 Collected by the Rev John Gray from children in Cowgate Edinburgh story described by Margaret A Hingston as in Somerset String Figure of the Month 2013 Tao Ta 16 ISFA org Invented by Masahiko Eguchi of Japan based on techniques from Tikopia Island a b c d e Jayne 1962 p 150 156 158 amp 162 Collected by Furness from Emily 1902 Roth gives Turtle Jayne 1962 p 395 Jayne 1962 p 160 Collected by Dr Furness from a boy in West Carolines 1902 Step two produces Plinthios Brokhos Jayne 1962 p 354 Jayne 1962 p 167 Collected by Furness from a 13yo woman Dakofel in the West Carolines Jayne 1962 p 350 Collected by Jayne in Pawhuska 1904 ISFA 1999 p 41 Collected by Julia Averkieva in Vancouver Island Jayne 1962 p 337 Collected by Haddon in the Torres Straits Collected by Furness from a boy in the Caroline Islands 1902 Elffers amp Schuyt 1979 p 63 Jayne 1962 p 96 Collected by Haddon first published by Jayne ISFA 1999 p 19 Modern figure possible 1st mention Noguchi Hiroshi 1980 a b Jayne 1962 p 265 amp 271 Turtle collected by Furness from a woman Dakofel in the Caroline Islands Ten Times resembles a figure Jayne saw Linao Moros people form in St Louis 1904 Jayne 1962 p 228 Collected by Jayne from Tso et al 1904 also Culin Jayne 1962 p 317 Collected by Cox from Emma Jackson Jayne 1962 p 188 Collected by Furness from a man probably from Dulukan in Uap a b c Elffers amp Schuyt 1979 p 205 Jayne 1962 p 121 Collected by Haddon from two old Navajo men in Chicago 1901 also Culin ISFA 1999 p 72 Collected by Walter E Roth in Guyana Jayne 1962 p 287 Collected by John L Cox from Emma Jackson Jayne 1962 p 129 Collected by Jayne from Zah Tso amp sister 1904 Jayne 1962 p 127 Collected by Boas Jayne 1962 p 204 Collected by John L Cox in Hampton Virginia from Wallace Springer an Omaha Indian String Figure of the Month 2013 A Wanderer ISFA org Invented by Tom Storer after Hiroshi Noguchi Averkieva amp Sherman 1992 p 9 Elffers amp Schuyt 1979 p 87 Gryski 1985 p 16 Gryski 1983 p 24 String Figure of the Month 2013 The Woman Who Walks a Lot ISFA org Collected by Camilla Wedgwood in N New Guinea Jayne 1962 p 222 Collected by Jayne from Tso et al 1904 Elffers amp Schuyt 1979 p 134 Jayne 1962 p 352 Collected by Haddon Gryski 1983 p 50 External links editWebpages with lists of string figures String Figure of the Month ISFA org Index to the Collection WWW Collection of Favorite String Figures String Figures Gadan it Index String Figure Studio Introduction Dine String Games Jayne s Finished Pattern Only Figures Neil Parker s homepage The Survival Origin and Mathematics of String Figures Strings on Your Fingers GardenDigest com Memoir No 13 String Figures From the 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