String figure games involve the manipulation of a loop of string with the fingers to create complex patterns. The researchers analyzed 826 string figures from 92 cultures around the world.

KATHLEEN HADDON (Mrs. O. H. T. Rishbeth), unquestionably our foremost expert in the study of the string-figure, has published a selection of these ingenious diversions for the use of beginners ...

String figures and how to make them : a study of cat's cradle in many lands / by Caroline Furness Jayne ; with an ethnological introduction by Alfred C. Haddon Smithsonian Libraries and Archives ...

James Inoli Murphy once used string figures while teaching high school. Now he’s doing workshops for an exhibition for the Beat polymath (and string-art enthusiast) Harry Smith.

New research suggests that the making of string figures, a globally documented practice, may point to shared cultural heritage stretching back millennia. The research offers a new way to ...

MRS. RISHBETH has long been known as a zealous collector and student of the string games known popularly as ‘cat's cradle’. In this volume she justifies a study which, to the Philistine, may ...

New research suggests that the making of string figures, a globally documented practice, may point to shared cultural heritage stretching back millennia. The research offers a new way to investigate ...