May God go wirh you - before you and after you. Amen....
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Will Wirt
wlwirt@...
Aug 2, 2000 6:30 pm
To the group, I know Dave will have a terrific trip. PBS is showing Flattery's classic "Nanook of the North" documntary this month. Does anyone know if there...
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Mark A. Sherman
isfa@...
Aug 2, 2000 10:39 pm
Will and the group, I watched "Nanook of the North" about a year ago on PBS. It's long (2 hours) and fascinating, but no string figures -- a real...
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Will Wirt
wlwirt@...
Aug 2, 2000 11:08 pm
I should have said Robert Flaherty's Nanook of the North (I live near Cape Flattery). Here is another Pukapuka figure. The Crossings 1. Opening A. 2. Release...
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Klon@...
Aug 2, 2000 11:50 pm
Would it be possible to give some idea of what the figures look like when done? I have tried the first one, but don't know if I got it right or not, since I...
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Will Wirt
wlwirt@...
Aug 3, 2000 6:30 pm
Bonnie and Group, It takes awhile to catch on to the shorthand. I put up images of the figures at http://www.olympus.net/personal/wlwirt/pukapuka.htm. Note...
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Klon@...
Aug 3, 2000 7:39 pm
When I did "The Crossings" I discovered that it is the figure also called "Ten Men" and "Turtle."...
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myriam namolaru
myriam_n@...
Aug 14, 2000 12:20 pm
Hello, I have a problem with a figure. The figure is "Moo-iki, method N°1" (page 47) from the book of Dickey "String Figures from Hawaii". (The figure is also...
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myriam namolaru
myriam_n@...
Aug 14, 2000 12:21 pm
Hello, I have a problem with a figure. The figure is "Moo-iki, method N°1" (page 47) from the book of Dickey "String Figures from Hawaii". (The figure is also...
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myriam namolaru
myriam_n@...
Aug 14, 2000 8:07 pm
Hello, I love origami too. And i found these messages: http://www.multimania.com/myriamn/lienssuite2.html I saw also a page about "SIMPLE ORIGAMI": In English:...
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Earl Stokes
stokes@...
Aug 15, 2000 12:39 am
Aloha Myriam, The success of the figure moo-iki in step 14 is to allow the top string to move toward the left thumb, which stands upright like a tree, allowing...
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Will Wirt
wlwirt@...
Aug 17, 2000 9:20 pm
I picked this up on the internet. I hope somebody from the mailing list can get to this program. I'm sure it will be fascinating. Dave Titus presented a string...
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myriam namolaru
myriam_n@...
Aug 22, 2000 1:10 pm
Hello, I saw something interesting, i think: http://www.deproverbio.com/DPjournal/DP,5,2,99/LUOMALA/HAWAIIAN.html Nobody knows something else about: "MATTHEW...
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Earl Stokes
stokes@...
Aug 23, 2000 2:43 am
Aloha Myriam ... It was interesting to note the references given at the end of the article by Katarine Luomala. Many of them are ones which we were told are...
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LeeMGard@...
Aug 25, 2000 1:51 am
I know that the Navajo people believe that string games should only be played between the first snowstorm of the fall and the first thunderstorm of the spring....
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Will Wirt
wlwirt@...
Aug 25, 2000 10:39 pm
Lee, According to Diamond Jenness, the Inuit originally restricted SF to winter time while the sun stayed below the horizon. By the time he collected figures...
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Earl Stokes
stokes@...
Aug 28, 2000 5:57 pm
Aloha Lee, Regarding your question on restrictions on the Hawaiians playing of string games, Mary K. Pukui in her 1986 edition with S. H. Elbert of the...
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Elizabeth Tilling
e_tilling@...
Sep 7, 2000 3:00 pm
I have been saving letters on a disc because I access the internet at the public library and don't want to use up my free memory space on Yahoo with large...
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Will Wirt
wlwirt@...
Sep 7, 2000 4:54 pm
Hi Elizabeth, Check out this URL. http://www.egroups.com/files/string-figures/Archives/ The string-figure postings from 1997 to 1999 are there. The more recent...
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Julianne Huss
faeriering@...
Sep 8, 2000 12:09 pm
I have an unusual request. My daughters brownie troop will be doing a presentation on some country registered with the World Association of Girl Guides and...
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myriam namolaru
myriam_n@...
Sep 8, 2000 1:47 pm
Hi Julianne, About the heart, look here: http://www.playstrings.com/myheart.htm It´s not a real heart but perhaps it´s good for you. I know, i saw a real...
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myriam namolaru
myriam_n@...
Sep 8, 2000 1:52 pm
Hi Julianne, I saw a romanian slip trick in String Figure Magazine (March 1999 page 9) Best Wishes, Myriam ...
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dirk elzinga
dirk.elzinga@...
Sep 8, 2000 5:51 pm
Hey. I just looked at the heart that Myriam recommended--it's quite nice! My first thought, though, was one of the intermediate steps in "A Woman Pulling...
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myriam namolaru
myriam_n@...
Sep 8, 2000 7:38 pm
Hi Dirk, The figure is like a heart, yes. But the link isn´t good. Here the adress: http://www.isfa.org/arctic/44.htm Best Wishes, Myriam ...
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Tetsuo SATO
tetsuo.sato@...
Sep 8, 2000 11:39 pm
Hi Julianne! "Julianne> A request aside from the above is if there are any string figures "Julianne> that would represent a heart shape. Will you please try my...
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Belinda Holbrook
holbrook@...
Sep 9, 2000 2:11 am
The story that Dave Titus tells for the steps of this figure does indeed call this a heart. He pulls his hands apart repeatedly on thump thump as he says...
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Will Wirt
wlwirt@...
Sep 10, 2000 2:25 pm
To the group, I replaced the heart figure at http://www.isfa.org/arctic/44.htm. I hope the new picture is more accurate. Dave makes the heart beat by...
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Tetsuo SATO
tetsuo.sato@...
Sep 11, 2000 3:59 am
Dear Will. Hello, everyone!! "Will> Tetsuo, "Will> Your heart figures are very ingenious. Thank you very much. "Will> They include an unusual move, adouble...
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Mglyph@...
Sep 13, 2000 10:43 pm
Hi! This is my first posting. I got interested in String Figures after seeing Aboriginal painted images of women playing string games. They are painted in...
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stein@...
Sep 13, 2000 11:08 pm
... From: Mglyph@... [SMTP:Mglyph@...] Sent: Wednesday, September 13, 2000 10:43 PM To: string-figures@egroups.com Subject: [string-figures] String...
