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Actions Displays	Kamut : The Art of Making Pictures in String Remove from selection Add to selection TitleKamut : The Art of Making Pictures in String Author Eric Franklin (author)‎ Eric Franklin (illustrator)‎ Place of publicationSurrey PublisherThe Academy of Recorded Crafts, Arts and Sciences, Ltd 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 Subjectknots and splices, handicraft, Anthropology 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

Author

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

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.