The following is a list of

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s, various figures which can be made using a loop of string, and which occur in games such as

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. Most of the titles are translations and/or descriptions.

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Explanation of the format of these listings: *"name 1" (location of name), pecific citation"name 2" (location 2): opening position extension, notes eneral citation**subsequent figures

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References

The list includes all figures from Elffers & Schuyt (1979), Gryski (1983) and (1985), ISFA (1999), and Jayne (1962).

External links

Webpages with lists of string figures:
String Figure of the Month
, ''ISFA.org''.

, ''WWW Collection of Favorite String Figures''.

, ''Gadan.it''.

, ''String Figure Studio''.

, ''Dine String Games''.

, ''Neil Parker's homepage''. *

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, ''GardenDigest.com''.
Memoir No. 13: String-Figures From the Gilbert Islands
, ''Journal of the Polynesian Society''. * * {{DEFAULTSORT:String figures Gaming-related lists *List

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