| Umuzwa (a wooden spoon) | String Figures and Tricks from Central Africa — W. A. Cunnington 1906 p.125 | [9] |
| Crow's Feet | String Figures — C. F. Jayne 1906 p.358 | [13] |
| mabŏ'melō't (Füße der Ente) | Die Kinderspiele der Pangwe — G. Tessmann 1912 p.273 | [18] |
| Karump (the Rice-mortar pestle) | String Figures from Sierra Leone, Liberia and Zanzibar — J. Hornell 1930 p.94 | [50] |
| Menwana ya Kxôxo (Hen's Toes) | String Figures from Bechuanaland Protectorate — C. H. Wedgwood, I. Schapera 1930 p.261 | [53] |
| Rigl el wizza (the Goose's foot) | String Figures from Anglo-Egyptian Sudan — J. Hornell 1940 p.108 | [64] |
| Emu | Aboriginal Australian String Figures — D. S. Davidson 1941 p.816 | [66] |
| Mathemo (The Hoes) | Some String Figures from North East Angola — M. D. & L. S. B. Leakey 1949 p.9 | [72] |
| Donno or Dondo III (Hausa drum) | Ghana String Figures — G. S. Cansdale 1993 p.72 | [128] |
| Feet of the Chicken and the Tiger | String Figures from China and Tibet — W. Wirt (BISFA 5) 1998 p.132 | [151-5] |
| Drumstick (Vangai) | Some String Figures and Tricks from Sierra Leone and the Gold Coast — C. C. K. Smith (BISFA 7) 2000 p.96 | [151-7] |
| Feet of the Duck | Pangwe and Bubi String Figures : Tessmann 1912 — M. Sherman (BISFA 8) 2001 p.147 | [151-8] |
| Birch Tree : Method 1 (ockwi') | Innu String Figures and Tricks : Waugh 1924 — M. Sherman (BISFA 12) 2005 p.97 | [151-12] |