Mark Sherman (collector)

Mark Allen Sherman of Pasadena, California is a biochemist (PhD) and prominent string figure enthusiast.^[1] His editing and writing led to the publishing of Kwakiutl String Figures by Julia Averkieva, "the most comprehensive Native American string figure collection ever assembled from a single tribe," (or nation) the Kwakwaka'wakw.^[2] He founded ISFA Press in 1993,^[3] co-edited and illustrated String Figure Magazine from 1996 to 2005,^[4] and has been editor of the Bulletin of the International String Figure Association, which he founded, since 1994.^[5]

See also

• List of string figures

Sources

1. Averkieva, Julia P. and Sherman, Mark A. (1992). Kwakiutl String Figures. University of British Columbia. ISBN 0-7748-0432-7.
2. Averkieva and Sherman (1992), p.xiii.
3. "ISFA Press", ISFA.org.
4. "String Figure Magazine", ISFA.org.
5. "Bulletin of the International String Figure Association", "Bulletin of String Figures Association", ISFA.org.