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The ISFA works to gather, preserve, and distribute string figure knowledge for future generations to enjoy this ancient pastime. They have a list of publications, an invitation to become a member, a mailing list, and links to related web sites. Of particular interest are the detailed instructions for making figures collected in 1924 by Diamond Jenness in the Canadian Arctic.
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International String Figure Association International String Figure Association P.O. Box 5134 Pasadena, California, 91117 USA Phone 626) 398-1057 E-mail: webweavers@isfa.org About String Figures About ISFA Publications of ISFA Becoming a Member of ISFA Links...Photographs taken on a canoe trip along the upper Essequibo River in extreme southern Guyana. Some of the Wai Wai and Wapishana guides and boatmen demonstrated a few string figures for the author.
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wwirt's Home Page This first picture is of a February 1996 canoe trip along the upper Essequibo River in extreme southern Guyana. Our party consisted of Wai Wai and Wapishana guides and boatmen...Michael P. Garofalo does presentations on string figures art, and performances of string figures, catches, and tricks in Northern California and Southern Oregon. His site has a recommended reading list and bibliography for string figures.
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Strings on Your Fingers String Figures, Tricks, Catches, Designs, Cat's Cradle Figures is found in many cultures of the world. In Hawaii it is known as Hei. It is more commonly recognized as Cat’s Cradle. Lois Earl Stokes are artists of...An essay by Lois Stokes, with speculations on the role of string figures in Hawaiian culture.
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String Figures and Shamanism It has been said that the spirit of the string figures was a guardian spirit of shamans. It is now the time for me to tell the story of how...How to talk to an extraterrestrial, using a handful of coins, a loop of string, a flashlight, and two magnets. This is an excerpt from a book entitled "The Handbook of UFO Contact" by Jonathan Vos Post.
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EXTRATERRESTRIAL ENCYCLOPEDIA Publishing an excerpt from a book entitled THE HANDBOOK OF UFO CONTACT, to appear Spring 1997, New York: William Morrow Co. Copyright 1996, by Emerald City Publishing. All rights reserved....Registered members of this group are interested in describing and illustrating string figures for publication on the web at WWW Collection of Favorite String Figures. They are also developing a system of string figure notation (SFN).
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Yahoo! Groups stringfigures You can search the group for older messages. Yahoo! 360° Keep connected to your friends and family through blogs, photos and more. Create your own 360° page now. Home Activity...Instructions using string figure notation and prose descriptions, along with diagrams and some video clips. Features twelve beginner-level figures, followed by others of increasing difficulty, and a directory of performers.
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WWW Collection of Favorite String Figures If you want to learn new string figures, you'll find all the string figures here that enthusiasts think you should know about. If you're a string figure enthusiast, and any...