String Figures: A Study of Cat's-cradle in Many Lands

A. C. Haddon 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 left hand left index loop little finger Fig little finger loop little finger string loop held Louis Exposition lower near index middle finger string Murray Island Navaho palm Fig palmar side Pass each thumb position Fig Princess Charlotte Bay pull put the left put the right Release the loops return the thumb right index loop right little finger ring and little ring finger separate the hands Stars Stewart Culin straight string string crossing string games string held string passing thumb and index thumb loop Fig thumb string Fig Torres Straits Tully River turn the hands turn the palms twist withdraw the thumb