String Figures and how to Make Them: A Study of Cat's Cradle in Many LandsCourier Corporation, 1962 M01 1 - 407 páginas At some time in your youth, no doubt, you took a loop of string and made a "cat's-cradle," a "Jacob's ladder," or some other type of figure by looping and crossing the string between the fingers. But perhaps you were not aware that this is actually an ancient form of amusement, that it is practiced in all parts of the globe, and is especially popular among primitive tribes. And you probably didn't realize what a great variety of figures can be formed by a single loop of string. This book describes, in a simple and easy-to-follow manner, how to make no less than 107 different string figures, just as they are made in their land of origin. It is the only book on the subject in English that gives a thorough and readily understandable treatment, so that a beginner can follow the steps and make the figures without the help of a teacher. The figures offer an excellent means for developing manual dexterity and coordination between brain and hand, and present challenge to personal inventiveness, too, since they are capable of infinite variations. These games are fun for people of all ages: intelligent children can do them easily, and adults find great enjoyment in them. Two people can play the string games together, one using his left and the other his right; and many of the games even require four hands. The description of each figure and the process of making it is accompanied by several simply drawn sketches that show each distinct step as it would be viewed by the person making the figure. The illustrator has taken great care to show in each sketch all the loops, all the intertwinings as they should appear at each stage in the process, so that there is no reason for anyone to have undue difficulty in making any of the figures. Besides those who simply want to use the book as a source of amusement, the book will be of great interest to anthropologists and collectors of string figures, since it greatly increases the knowledge of string games and their distribution around the world. |
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... Fish - Rattlesnake and a Boy - Two Skunks - Two Foxes - Two Squirrels - Leashing of Lochiel's Dogs - Two Hogans - A Cariboo - A Circle- Two Stars - Casting the Fish - Spear - An Arrow - A Porcupine CHAPTER V Figures Beginning with ...
... Fish - Rattlesnake and a Boy - Two Skunks - Two Foxes - Two Squirrels - Leashing of Lochiel's Dogs - Two Hogans - A Cariboo - A Circle- Two Stars - Casting the Fish - Spear - An Arrow - A Porcupine CHAPTER V Figures Beginning with ...
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... Fishes - Storm Clouds - One Hogan- An Apache Teepee - Tallow Dips - One Chief - Caroline Islands Diamonds - A Turtle ... Fish that Hides in the Mud- A Little Boy Carrying Wood - A Second Worm - A Brush House - A Six - Pointed Star - The ...
... Fishes - Storm Clouds - One Hogan- An Apache Teepee - Tallow Dips - One Chief - Caroline Islands Diamonds - A Turtle ... Fish that Hides in the Mud- A Little Boy Carrying Wood - A Second Worm - A Brush House - A Six - Pointed Star - The ...
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Contenido
CHAPTER II | 10 |
CHAPTER III | 48 |
CHAPTER IV | 85 |
CHAPTER V | 142 |
CHAPTER VII | 275 |
CHAPTER VIII | 337 |
CHAPTER IX | 358 |
CHAPTER X | 381 |
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String Figures and how to Make Them: A Study of Cat's Cradle in Many Lands Caroline F. Jayne Vista previa limitada - 1962 |
String Figures and How to Make Them: A Study Of Cats-Cradle In Many Lands Caroline F. Jayne Vista de fragmentos - 1962 |
String Figures and How to Make Them: A Study Of Cats-Cradle In Many Lands Caroline F. Jayne Vista de fragmentos - 1962 |
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Cape Bedford Cape Grafton Caroline Islands Culin draw the hands draw the strings Eskimo Fifth finger string Fig finished pattern Fourth hands Fig hanging loop hanging string index and middle index Fig index fingers index loop Fig index pick index string Fig Leashing of Lochiel's left hand left index loop little finger Fig little finger loop little finger string Lochiel's Dogs loop held Louis Exposition lower near index middle finger string Murray Island Navaho palm Fig palmar side Palmer River Pass each thumb position Fig Princess Charlotte Bay pull put the left put the right Release the loops return the thumb right hand right index loop right little finger ring and little ring finger separate the hands Stars Stewart Culin straight string string crossing string games string passing thumb and index thumb loop thumb string Fig Torres Straits Tully River turn the hands turn the palms twist