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International String Figure Association
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.
http://www.isfa.org/isfa.htm

The Mathematics and Origin of String Figures
Trivial knot theory, history, and a few new designs by the author, Martin Probert.
http://website.lineone.net/~m.p/sf/menu.html

Me Human, You Alien
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.
http://www.magicdragon.com/EmeraldCity/extraterrestrials/alien1.html

Rain Forest String Figures From Guyana
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.
http://www.geocities.com/Yosemite/1414/guy.htm

String Figures
Brian Cox, the Incredible Stringman, tells a story called "Going Fishing" illustrated with string figures. Photos and text of his performance.
http://www.whimsical-workshop.mb.ca/string.html

String Figures and Shamanism
An essay by Lois Stokes, with speculations on the role of string figures in Hawaiian culture.
http://www.huna.org/html/string.html

Strings On Your Fingers
Michael P. Garofalo does presentations on string figures art, and performances of string figures, catches, and tricks in Northern California and Southern Oregon. Includes a recommended reading list and bibliography for string figures.
http://www.gardendigest.com/string/index.htm

WWW Collection of Favorite String Figures
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.
http://www.alysion.org/string.htm

Yahoo! Groups Stringfigures
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).
http://groups.yahoo.com/group/stringfigures/

This+That - String Figures
Learn to make string figures - Animated instructions ... String figures are made around the world; hundreds of patterns have been recorded. ...
http://www.frontiernet.net/~steve_glimpse/stringar.html

Kid's Guide to Easy String Figures
Learn 30 easy string figures. With illustrations and video. ... a description of how to make a string figure, look at the end of the description ...
http://www.alysion.org/figures/introkids.htm

String figure - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
... figures are available in the publications of the International String ... Fascinating String Figures, International String Figure Association 1999, Dover, ...
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/String_figure

WWW Collection of Favorite String Figures
How to make string figures--described and illustrated: Cat's Cradle, ... you're a string figure enthusiast, and any of your favorite figures are not here, ...
http://www.alysion.org/string.htm

The Ancient Art of Hawaiian String Figures
"The Hidden Knowledge of String Figures" ... Make a String Figure: Honu(Turtle) and Bracelet of Rainbow Blessings. It is not ours to own ...
http://www.stringfigure.com/

Brian Cox - The Incredible String Man
Transcript and video stills of a stoy called "Going Fishing", told through string figures. ... of the International String Figure Association vol 4 1997 ...
http://www.whimsical-workshop.mb.ca/string.html

International String Figure Association
... to gathering, preserving, and distributing string figure knowledge. ... About String Figures. About ISFA. Publications of ISFA. Becoming a Member of ISFA ...
http://www.isfa.org/

String Figure Store
Study of string figures and products associated with those figures. ... You will find that string figures are fun and can be mastered by children as ...
http://stringfigurestore.com/

Links to other string figure web sites
Enchanted string figures: Comprehensive site in French and English. ... figures, a list of museums with string figure artifacts, and a collection of ...
http://www.isfa.org/isfa5.htm

Strings on Your Fingers: String Figures, Tricks, Catches, Designs ...
Includes a recommended reading list and bibliography for string figures. ... String Figure Notation A Shorthand Notation for Recording String Figures. ...
http://www.gardendigest.com/string/index.htm