Updated: May 31, 2025String Figure Titles

  1. The Game of Cat's Cradle — F. Boas (1888)
  2. Hawaiian Games — S. Culin (1899)
  3. The Thompson Indians of British Columbia : 1895, 97 — J. Teit (1900)
  4. A Method of Recording String Figures and Tricks — W. H. R. Rivers, A. C. Haddon (1902)
  5. Some Scottish String Figures — J. Gray (1903)
  6. "The Candles" String Figure in Somerset — M. A. Hingston (1903)
  7. A Few American String Figures and Tricks — A. C. Haddon (1903)
  8. String Figures and Tricks from Central Africa : 1904 — W. A. Cunnington (1906)
  9. Yöruba String Figures — J. Parkinson (1906)
  10. String Figures from South Africa : 1905 — A. C. Haddon (1906)
  11. Notes on the Western Eskimo : 1905 — G. B. Gordon (1906)
  12. String Figures — C. F. Jayne (1906)
  13. Games of North American Indians — S. Culin (1907)
  14. Ethnographic notes from the Congo Free State: an African miscellany — F. Starr (1909)
  15. Mathematical Recreations and Essays — W. W. R. Ball (1911)
  16. Die Faden- und Abnehmspiele auf Palau : 1905-09 — P. Raymund (1911)
  17. String Figures and Tricks — A. C. Haddon (1912)
  18. Cat's Cradles from Many Lands — K. Haddon (1912)
  19. String-figures from the Patomana Indians of British Guiana — F. E. Lutz (1912)
  20. Die Kinderspiele der Pangwe : 1907, 09 — G. Tessmann (1912)
  21. Cat's Cradles of the Kiwai Papuans, British New-Guinea — G. Landtman (1914)
  22. Nauru — P. Hambruch (1914)
  23. Beitrage zur Kenntnis der Tapirapé-Indianer — W. Kissenberth (1916)
  24. Fadenspiele in Matupit, Neupommern — P. G. Bögershausen (1916)
  25. Some Australian String Figures : 1914 — K. Haddon (1918)
  26. The Central Arawaks : 1913-16 — W. C. Farabee (1918)
  27. Some Figures in String from the Makushis on the Ireng and Takutu Rivers : 1917 — A. Robinson (1918)
  28. String Figures from New Caledonia and the Loyalty Islands : 1914 — R. H. Compton (1919)
  29. Papuan Cat's Cradles : 1912 — D. Jenness (1920)
  30. Proceedings of the Royal Institution of Great Britain — W. W. R. Ball (1920)
  31. An Introduction to String Figures — W. W. R. Ball (1920)
  32. String Figures 2nd ed. — W. W. R. Ball (1921)
  33. The Central Caribs : 1913-16 — W. C. Farabee (1924)
  34. Eskimo String Figures : 1913-16 — D. Jenness (1924)
  35. The Caribou Eskimos — K. Birket-Smith (1924)
  36. String Figures, Tricks, and Puzzles of the Guiana Indians : 1916-17 — W. E. Roth (1924)
  37. Hawaiian String Games — J. S. Emerson (1924)
  38. String Figures from the Marquesas and Society Islands — W. C. Handy (1925)
  39. Gold Coast String Games : 1921-22 — C. L. T. Griffith (1925)
  40. String figures of the North Queensland Aborigines, part 1 — G. A. V. Stanley (1926)
  41. Some String Figures of the Virginia Indians — D. S. Davidson (1927)
  42. String Figures from Fiji and Western Polynesia : 1925 — J. Hornell (1927)
  43. Māori String Figures — J. C. Andersen (1927)
  44. String Figures from Hawaii : 1915-17 — L. A. Dickey (1928)
  45. Wanderings in Wild Australia — B. Spencer (1928)
  46. Material Culture of the Iglulik Eskimos — T. Mathiassen (1928)
  47. Intellectual Culture of the Iglulik Eskimos — K. Rasmussen (1929)
  48. String Figures 3rd ed. — W. W. R. Ball (1929)
  49. String Figures from Sierra Leone, Liberia and Zanzibar : 1928 — J. Hornell (1930)
  50. Artists in String — K. Haddon (1930)
  51. Samoan Material Culture — T. R. Hiroa (P. H. Buck) (1930)
  52. Truk, Ergebnisse der Südsee-Expedition 1908-1910 : 1908-10 — A. Krämer (1932)
  53. String Figures from Gujarat and Kathiawar : 1930 — J. Hornell (1932)
  54. String Figures from British New Guinea — W. E. Rosser, J. Hornell (1932)
  55. Valenge Women — E. D. Earthy (1933)
  56. String Games for Beginners — K. Haddon (1934)
  57. South American String Figures — S. Rydén (1934)
  58. Some Nigerian String Figures — K. Haddon, H. A. Treleaven (1936)
  59. String Figures (Madandi) found in Southern Rhodesia — H. Tracey (1938)
  60. Chama String Games (Peru) — G. Tessmann, E. M. von Hornbostel, K. Haddon (1939)
  61. Jeux d'Enfants et d'Adultes chez les Eskimo d'Angmagssalik : 1934-37 — P-É. Victor (1940)
  62. String Figures from Anglo-Egyptian Sudan : 1938-39 — J. Hornell (1940)
  63. Fun with String — J. Leeming (1940)
  64. Aboriginal Australian String Figures : 1930-31, 1938-39 — D. S. Davidson (1941)
  65. Die Spiele der Thadou-Kuki in Assam — H. E. Kauffmann (1941)
  66. String-Figure Divination : 1937 — G. M. Foster (1941)
  67. Social Customs of the Nunivak Eskimo — M. Lantis (1946)
  68. The Bella Coola Indians — T. F. McIlwraith (1948)
  69. Eskimo String Figures and Their Origin : 1937 — T. T. Paterson (1949)
  70. Some String Figures from North East Angola : 1947 — M. D. & L. S. B. Leakey (1949)
  71. Rarotongan String Figures — C. W. Devonshire (1949)
  72. String Figures of the Adnyamata tribe : 1937-38 — C. P. Mountford (1950)
  73. 7b - Notas Sobre el Kaikai : 1953-55 — L. Baeza (1955)
  74. String-Figures from the Gilbert Islands — H. C. & H. E. Maude (1958)
  75. The String Figures of Yirrkalla : 1948 — F. D. McCarthy (1960)
  76. Fadenspiele vom Unteren Watut, und Banir River (Ost-Neuguinea) : 1958 — H. Fischer (1960)
  77. Easy-to-do Entertainments and Diversions with Cards, String, Coins, Paper and Matches — R. M. Abraham (1961)
  78. String Figures from Northern New Guinea : 1932-33 — H. C. Maude, C. H. Wedgwood (1967)
  79. Quipus and Witches' Knots — C. L. Day (1967)
  80. 日本伝承のあそび読本 — 加古里子 (1967)
  81. Polynesier (Ellice-Inseln, Niutao) Fadenspiele : E0885 1969 — H. C. Maude (1969)
  82. Les Jeux de Ficelle des Arviligjuarmiut : 1956 — G. Mary-Rousselière (1969)
  83. Tikopia String Figures : 1928-29 — R. Firth, H. C. Maude (1970)
  84. Juegos de Hilo de los Aborígenes del Norte de Patagonia — R. Martínez-Crovetto (1970)
  85. The String Figures of Nauru Island : 1937, 38 — H. C. Maude (1971)
  86. Kai-kai, Figuras de Cuerdas y Recitaciones — R. Campbell (1971)
  87. Zande String Figures : 1930s — E. E. Evans-Pritchard (1972)
  88. 楽しいあやとり遊び — 有木昭久, 湯浅清四郎 (1973)
  89. あやとり — 野口広 (1973)
  90. あやとり 続 — 野口広 (1974)
  91. 世界のあやとり傑作選 — 有木昭久, 湯浅清四郎 (1974)
  92. たのしくとれるあやとりあそび — 麻生育子, 山本昇 (1974)
  93. あやとり 続々 — 野口広 (1975)
  94. やさしくとれる世界のあやとり — 麻生育子, 山本昇 (1975)
  95. String Figures from West Greenland : 1967-68 — K. Hansen (1975)
  96. 心をかよわすあやとりあそび — 江口雅彦 (1976)
  97. Solomon Islands String Figures : 1928-29 — H. C. Maude (1978)
  98. String Figures of the Tuamotus : 1929-34 — K. P. Emory, H. C. Maude (1979)
  99. String Figures of Papua New Guinea : 1972-75 — P. D. Noble (1979)
  100. Figuras de Hilo Tradicionales de la Isla de Pascua — O. Blixen (1979)
  101. The Dynamics of Folklore — B. Toelken (1979)
  102. Cat's Cradles and Other String Figures — J. Elffers, M. Schuyt (1980)
  103. 図形工房 — 野口広 編 (1980)
  104. あやとり（大陸） — 野口広 (1980)
  105. たのしい創作あやとり — 神谷和男 (1980)
  106. シシドユキオ 創作あやとり — シシドユキオ (1980-2007)
  107. たのしい伝承あやとり — 神谷和男 (1981)
  108. Juegos de Hilo y Trucos de Los Toba-Taksek : 1979 — I. Balducci (1981)
  109. 図形あそびの世界 — 野口広 (1981)
  110. あやとり入門 — 有木昭久 (1981)
  111. The Last Kings of Thule : 1950s — J. Malaurie (1982)
  112. あやとりいととり 1 — さいとうたま (1982)
  113. あやとりいととり 2 — さいとうたま (1982)
  114. あやとりいととり 3 — さいとうたま (1982)
  115. String Figures in Japan — NOGUCHI H. (1982-1986)
  116. String Figures from New Caledonia — H. C. Maude (1982)
  117. Reconstructions of some South American String Figures : Ryden 1934 — R. Read (1982)
  118. String Figures from New Caledonia and The Loyalty Islands : 1914, 1950 — H. C. Maude (1984)
  119. パプアニューギニア高地民族のあやとり : 1984 — 野口広 (1984)
  120. Some string figures from Papua-New Guinea — R. Harbison, R. Reichelt (1985)
  121. String Games — M. & M. Jackson, K. Watkins (1986)
  122. Ninikula fadenspiele auf den Trobriand-Inseln, Papua Neuguinea : 1983 — B. & G. Senft (1986)
  123. 日本の綾取 — 夏堀謹二郎 (1986)
  124. String Figures from Tonga : 1941 — H. C. Maude (1986)
  125. String Figures from Torres Strait : Laade 1965-1966 — H. C. Maude (1987)
  126. Some String Figures of Highland People in Papua New Guinea : 1984 — SHISHIDO Y., NOGUCHI H. (1987)
  127. Schnurfiguren aus aller Welt — F. R. Paturi (1988)
  128. Contemporary String Figures Part II — F. R. Paturi (1988)
  129. Modern String Figures — F. R. Paturi (1988)
  130. String Figures from Pukapuka : 1934-35 — P. Beaglehole, H. C. Maude (1989)
  131. String Figures II — J. D'Antoni (1991)
  132. Rationally-designed String Figures: Variations of the Kwakiutl figures "Two Trees" — M. Sherman (1991)
  133. Kwakiutl String Figures : 1930-31 — J. Averkieva, M. Sherman (1992)
  134. Figuras y Juegos de Hilos de los Indios Maká : 1979-80 — J. Braunstein (1992)
  135. Ghana String Figures : 1935, 37 — G. S. Cansdale (1993)
  136. String Figures of the Austral Islands : Stokes 1920-21 — M. Sherman (1994)
  137. The String Figures of Yirrkala : McCarthy 1960 — H. C. Maude, M. Sherman (1995)
  138. String Figure Magazine — ISFA (1996–2009)
  139. String Figures from Guyana : 1996 — W. Wirt (1996)
  140. The String Figures of Tuvalu : 1931 — H. C. & H. E. Maude (1996)
  141. String Figures from Northeastern Peru : 1997 — W. Wirt (1997)
  142. String Figures from the Congo : Smith 1910-14 — C. C. K. Smith (1997)
  143. Fascinating String Figures — ISFA (1998)
  144. 儿童绳花 — 于显龙 (1999)
  145. String Figures from Southwest Alaska : Gordon 1907 — D. Titus, M. Sherman (1999)
  146. String Figures from the Indian States of Gujarat and Orissa : 1999 — W. Wirt (1999)
  147. Maori String Figures : 1980 — C. C. K. Smith (1999)
  148. アンパンマンとあそぼう あやとり — 有木昭久 (2000)
  149. Some String Figures and Tricks from Sierra Leone and the Gold Coast : 1943 — C. C. K. Smith (2000)
  150. String Games of the Navajo : 1999-2000 — W. Wirt, M. Sherman, M. Mitchell (2000)
  151. The String Figures of Nauru Island : 1937, 38 — H. C. Maude, ISFA (2001)
  152. Ojibwe String Figures and Trick : Waugh 1916-20 — M. Sherman (2001)
  153. Pangwe and Bubi String Figures : Tessmann 1912 — M. Sherman (2001)
  154. Yup'ik String Figures — D. Nicolai (2002)
  155. わかりやすい あやとり百科 — 有木昭久 (2003)
  156. String Games of the Kangirsujuaq Inuit : d'Anglure 1966 — J. D'Antoni, M. Sherman (2003)
  157. やさしいあやとり — 野口廣 (2004)
  158. Innu String Figures and Tricks : Waugh 1924 — M. Sherman (2005)
  159. Analysis of Alika Podolinsky-Webber’s Naskapi String Figure Collection from Davis Inlet : 1961 — M. Sherman (2005)
  160. 世界あやとり紀行 — シシドユキオ, 野口廣, M. Sherman (2006)
  161. String Figures from the North Fly District, Papua New Guinea : 2006 — P. D. Noble (2007)
  162. 大人のあやとり — 野口廣 (2008)
  163. Some Pueblo Indian String Figures and Tricks : 2001, 02, 05 — M. Sherman, W. Wirt (2008)
  164. Eskimo String Figures : Jenness 1924 — W. Wirt, J. D'Antoni, etc. (2009)
  165. String figures from the Highlands of West New Guinea : Camps 1970s — S. Claassen (2010)
  166. 脳力アップ！あやとり — 野口廣 (2013)
  167. Some String Figures and Tricks from Rankin Inlet : 1971 — K. Elbaum (2013)
  168. あやとり — シシドユキオ (2014)
  169. Wame: String Figure Chants and Stories from Saibai Island, Torres Strait : Laade 1965-66 — S. Claassen (2014)
  170. Some Inughuit String Figures (Northwest Greenland) by C. Adler : E2314 1974 — S. Claassen (2015)
  171. Some String Figures from Vanuatu : Deacon 1926-27 — M. Sherman (2015)
  172. Yup'ik String Figures as made by Gregory Kapatak Sr. : 1981 — S. Claassen (2016)
  173. Some Yup'ik String Figures as made by Anna Backford : 1981 — S. Claassen (2016)
  174. Yup'ik String Figures as made by Carley Foster : 2001 — S. Claassen (2016)
  175. The Art of String Figures — ISFA (2018)
  176. あやとり: 日本の伝承あやとり : 1970-99 — さいとうたま (2022)
  177. Lorenzo Baeza Vega y el kaikai : 1953-55 — M. Garrido (2023)
  178. FIGURAS DE HILLO Chile y el mundo — M. Garrido (2023)
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