STRING

• Main Authors: Arvind Gupta, Illustrions Avinash Deshpande, Price Rupees Forty Only
• Other Authors: The Pennsylvania State University CiteSeerX Archives
• Format: Text
• Language: English
• Subjects: eskimo*
• Online Access: http://citeseerx.ist.psu.edu/viewdoc/summary?doi=10.1.1.625.1678

Sting Games provides step-by-step instructions with illustrations for making diverse and interesting string figures. The fun-filled figures created by using strings of all sorts not only augment memory and imagination of young children but also enrich their hand-eye coordination. String is used for a number of things- from tying parcels to making bags and nets. Everyone needs string or something to tie with. This ‘something ’ is different in different parts of the world. The Eskimo uses thin strips of sealskin to lash together his sledges or to fasten an axe-head to its shaft. Vegetable fibres are a very common form of ‘string ’ among natives- we ourselves use raffia in a number of ways. Sutli is very commonly used in India for tying things together. Some native Australians use human hair- tile women grow it for their men folk to use- while others use the great sinews from the Kangaroo’s legs. One common habit which almost everyone has is of fiddling and playing with anything that happens to be in their hands. You see it in buses when people fold or pleat their tickets and you