String_Figures

	By Hook or By Book : An excerpt from a murder mystery novel by D. R. Meredith. The victim is murdered by one of several string figure enthusiasts, over a newly-found manuscript by Caroline F. Jayne. - www.femmesfatalesauthors.com/drm-chap.htm
	International String Figure Association : The ISFA works to gather, preserve, and distribute string figure knowledge for future generations to enjoy this ancient pastime. They have a list of publications, an invitation to become a member, a mailing list, and links to related web sites. Of particular interest are the detailed instructions for making figures collected in 1924 by Diamond Jenness in the Canadian Arctic. - www.isfa.org/isfa.htm
	Me Human, You Alien : How to talk to an extraterrestrial, using a handful of coins, a loop of string, a flashlight, and two magnets. This is an excerpt from a book entitled "The Handbook of UFO Contact" by Jonathan Vos Post. - www.magicdragon.com/EmeraldCity/extraterrestrials/alien1.html
	Rain Forest String Figures From Guyana : Photographs taken on a canoe trip along the upper Essequibo River in extreme southern Guyana. Some of the Wai Wai and Wapishana guides and boatmen demonstrated a few string figures for the author. - www.geocities.com/Yosemite/1414/guy.htm
	String Figures : Illustrated instructions for making the "Jacob's Ladder" (animated), "Two Mountains and a Stream" and "Walking Sticks" figures. - home.eznet.net/~stevemd/stringar.html
	String Figures and Shamanism : An essay by Lois Stokes, with speculations on the role of string figures in Hawaiian culture. - www.huna.org/html/string.html
	String Figures Depict the Universe : An excerpt of two illustrations from "Artists in String" by Kathleen Haddon; a book showing how different cultures express information using a loop of string. - www.adh.bton.ac.uk/schoolofdesign/MA.COURSE/LVLString.html
	Strings On Your Fingers : Michael P. Garofalo does presentations on string figures art, and performances of string figures, catches, and tricks in Northern California and Southern Oregon. His site has a recommended reading list and bibliography for string figures. - www.gardendigest.com/string/index.htm
	WWW Collection of Favorite String Figures : Instructions using string figure notation and prose descriptions, along with diagrams and some video clips. Features twelve beginner-level figures, followed by others of increasing difficulty, and a directory of performers. - www.alysion.org/string.htm
	Yahoo! Groups Stringfigures : Registered members of this group are interested in describing and illustrating string figures for publication on the web at WWW Collection of Favorite String Figures. They are also developing a system of string figure notation (SFN). - groups.yahoo.com/group/stringfigures/