Kamut : The Art of Making Pictures in String
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The book states that 'Kamut is the name given by the Papuans of the Torres Straits to the formation of patterns, designs and figures with a loop of string'. The book covers string games taken from various cultures around the world, including those of the Inuit, the Navajo, and Aboriginal and Torres Straits Islander peoples. The string games depict a mixture of patterns, and pictures of objects or creatures.
TitleKamut : The Art of Making Pictures in String
Place of publicationSurrey
Year of publication1945
Pagination60 p.
IllustrationsIllus., black and white drawings
Dimensions17.2 x 21.6 cm
Materialbook
Class numberGV1218.S8 .F7 1945
NotesThe International Guild of Knot Tyers Collection
Signed by the author
Signed by the author
Subjectknots and splices, handicraft, Anthropology