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.
[nb-NO]Title[nb-NO]Kamut : The Art of Making Pictures in String
[nb-NO]Author[nb-NO]
[nb-NO]Place of publication[nb-NO]Surrey
[nb-NO]Publisher[nb-NO]The Academy of Recorded Crafts, Arts and Sciences, Ltd
[nb-NO]Year of publication[nb-NO]1945
[nb-NO]Pagination[nb-NO]60 p.
[nb-NO]Illustrations[nb-NO]Illus., black and white drawings
[nb-NO]Dimensions[nb-NO]17.2 x 21.6 cm
[nb-NO]Material[nb-NO]book
GV1218.S8 .F7 1945
[nb-NO]Notes[nb-NO]The International Guild of Knot Tyers Collection
Signed by the author
Signed by the author
[nb-NO]Subject[nb-NO]knots and splices, handicraft, Anthropology