STRING FIGURES AND HOW TO MAKE THEM : A Study of the Cat's-Cradle in Many Lands

Jayne, Caroline Furness

ISBN 10: 048620152X / ISBN 13: 9780486201528

Published by Dover, New York, NY, 1962

About this Item

Text/BRAND NEW & Bright. Illustrated green softcover/NF w/trace shelf wear. Arts & crafts. Games. A worldwide study and compendium of some 107 figures, 950 illustrations, formed from a simple loop of string with but hands. First published 1906 under the title "String Figures"; this is a Dover reprint of the original. Lucid text supported by 950 line drawings, highly informative & hours of fun.

Seller Inventory # 012513

Bibliographic Details

• Title: STRING FIGURES AND HOW TO MAKE THEM : A Study of the Cat's-Cradle in Many Lands
• Publisher: Dover, New York, NY
• Publication Date: 1962
• Language: English
• ISBN 10: 048620152X
• ISBN 13: 9780486201528
• Binding: Soft cover
• Edition: Dover Reprint
• Condition: Near Fine
• Dust Jacket Condition: None as Issued
• Seller catalogs:
  • Anthropology, Ethnology
  • Arts & Crafts
  • Manual, Guide, Handbook

About this title

Synopsis

Fullest, clearest instruction on string figures from wide variety of cultures around the world: Eskimo, Navajo, Lapp, Europe, many others. Create such imaginative figures as a cat's cradle, a moving spear, a bolt of lightning, pointed stars and much more. 950 illustrations.

Synopsis

Diagrams and text illustrate the steps involved in creating over one hundred string figures while providing information on their origin and cultural background.