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AS time goes on, more and more attention is given to primitive man in his physical, mental and cultural aspects, and among the last–named may be classed that singularly fascinating and complicated pursuit known to us as string figures. It is now nearly forty years since the first collection of string figures was made and described from Torres Straits by Rivers and Haddon, and since then there has been a steady interest in the subject and a mounting number of collections made in different parts of the world. The latest is embodied in an article by D. S. Davidson (Proc. Amer. Phil. Soc., 84, No. 6; Aug. 1941) in which he sums up our present knowledge of the subject and adds a most interesting collection made by him from the Australian aborigines.
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RISHBETH, K. ABORIGINAL AUSTRALIAN STRING FIGURES. Nature 148, 701 (1941). https://doi.org/10.1038/148701a0
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