The Art of String Figures

Name: The Art of String Figures
Brand: Dover Publications
SKU: SPTM-9780486829166
Price: 14.95 USD
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Biographical Note:
The International String Figure Association (ISFA) is a small, not-for-profit organization founded in 1978 by Japanese mathematician Hiroshi Noguchi and Anglican missionary Philip Noble. ISFA gathers, preserves, and distributes string figure traditions and encourages the invention of new figures.

Brief Description:
"The Art of String Figures, first published by Dover Publications, Inc., in 2018, is an original compilation of material first published in issues of String Figure Magazine (ISFA Press, Pasadena, California), in 2006 and 2007."

Table of Contents:

Lightning
Net Broken, Net Repaired
Raise the Eyebrows
A Flock of Birds
Old Man Chewing
Kidnapped Baby
Female Turtle, Male Turtle
Broken Home, Mended Home
Shark
Jumping
Setting Sun
Spindle
Leopard's Mouth
Rubber Band
Date
Lock and Key
Scissors
Flip
Bull Snake
Going to Get Some Bait
Two Bear Brothers
The Drying Lake
Masked Dancers
A Crab
A Little Bird
A Spider

Publisher Marketing:
Rooted in tribal customs and cultural traditions from around the world, making string figures is an ancient pastime that continues to charm people of all ages. This compilation of projects from String Figure Magazine presents easy-to-follow photographs and simple, step-by-step directions for creating more than two dozen captivating string figures that can jump, flip, and perform other tricks.
In addition to basic instructions on how to get started, this guide features brief accounts of each figure's historical background. They include "Kidnapped Baby" and "Broken Home, Mended Home" from Hawaii, "A Flock of Birds" and "Old Man Chewing" from the Solomon Islands, and the Australian "Setting Sun." From the Congo come "Leopard's Mouth," "Rubber Band" from Tibet, and from India, "Scissors." Other figures spotlight the traditions of North America's Navajo and Kwakiutl peoples and natives of Brazil, Guyana, and Argentina. A great travel pastime and on-the-go activity, making string figures is a delightful, inexpensive, and easily acquired hobby.