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TitleArtists in String : String Figures : Their Regional Distribution and Social Significance

Author

EditionFirst edition

Place of publicationLondon

Year of publication1930

Paginationxii, 184 p.

IllustrationsIllus., black and white drawings and diagrams

Dimensions13.2 x 19.4 cm

Materialbook

Class numberGN455.S9 .H33 1930

NotesThe International Guild of Knot Tyers Collection

The making of string figures is one of the oldest of the arts and universal of games. This book covers string games of the Alaskan Inuit, the Navajo, Papuans, and from peoples in Africa and Australia. Partly a practical step-by-step guide to creating the string figures, and partly providing anthropological background.