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...
166
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...
167
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...
168
myriam namolaru
myriam_n@...
Sep 8, 2000 1:47 pm
Hi Julianne, About the heart, look here: http://www.playstrings.com/myheart.htm Itīs not a real heart but perhaps itīs good for you. I know, i saw a real...
169
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 ...
170
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...
171
myriam namolaru
myriam_n@...
Sep 8, 2000 7:38 pm
Hi Dirk, The figure is like a heart, yes. But the link isnīt good. Here the adress: http://www.isfa.org/arctic/44.htm Best Wishes, Myriam ...
172
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...
173
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...
174
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...
175
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...
176
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...
177
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...
178
Mark A. Sherman
isfa@...
Sep 14, 2000 2:17 am
Hi Marglyph, Welcome to our discussion group. Please tell us more about the rock paintings of women making string figures. I'm not aware of them. Do you have...
179
Mandolajoe@...
Sep 14, 2000 7:10 pm
Marglyph -- if you have access to a good library you ought to try the following: "Aboriginal Australian String Figures" by Daniel Sutherland Davidson. ...
180
Ronald C. Read
rcread@...
Sep 14, 2000 11:06 pm
181
Mglyph@...
Sep 15, 2000 9:49 am
Mark and the rest of the list, Thanks to the folks who replied to my question about string figures in Australia. I will check out the books on the website. I...
182
stein@...
Sep 15, 2000 11:11 am
... From: Mglyph@... [SMTP:Mglyph@...] Sent: Friday, September 15, 2000 9:49 AM To: string-figures@egroups.com Subject: Re: [string-figures] String...
183
Will Wirt
wlwirt@...
Sep 16, 2000 4:40 pm
Marglyph's rock art string figure pictures are posted at http://www.egroups.com/files/string-figures/pictures/Rockart1.jpg and ...
184
Earl Stokes
stokes@...
Sep 18, 2000 3:53 am
We found a book today entitled Aboriginal Paintings from Australia, Introduction by Charles P. Mountford. The book is a Mentor-UNESCO Art Book #MQ582,...
185
Will Wirt
wlwirt@...
Sep 18, 2000 2:15 pm
Two photos of string figure sculptures that Marglyph took at the Warradjan Aboriginal Cultural Center are posted at ...
186
Cutrofello, Tom
TCutrofe@...
Sep 18, 2000 3:22 pm
Saw an old Looney Tunes Cartoon. The 2 characters are Foghorn Leghorn & Miss Prissy. Foghorn Leghorn makes first Jacob's Ladder, then 3 or 4 other figures in...
187
Will Wirt
wlwirt@...
Sep 19, 2000 2:19 pm
I posted Marglyph's photos at an alternative site in case anyone has problems with a password at the egroups site. ...
188
Mglyph@...
Sep 20, 2000 2:24 am
Lois and Earl, I got a note today from Amazon.com and they told me that the out-of-print book that they thought they had found for me -- well they didn't...
189
okteller@...
Sep 20, 2000 3:06 am
Well, I am back from Mongolia safe and sound. I did have the one night when the jeep we were in on the way to find the Reindeer people broke down and two of...
190
Mark A. Sherman
isfa@...
Sep 20, 2000 4:29 am
Marglyph, Thanks for the info and photos of string figures in Australian rock art. Is the dissertation you are reading a published work or a work in progress? ...
191
Mark A. Sherman
isfa@...
Sep 20, 2000 4:51 am
I've been looking for this cartoon on video for quite some time. Does anyone know if it's available? Whoever did the animation must have known alot about...
192
Mandolajoe@...
Sep 20, 2000 11:49 am
Oddly enough, Mark, Joe D'A has (had?) this on video; he showed it to me, murphy and f.j. oteri many years ago, when we first met. MandolaJoe (Ornstein) {The...
193
JMJRD@...
Sep 20, 2000 11:04 pm
September 20, 2000 Hello all. "Lovelorn Foghorn" is a 1950 cartoon made by Warner Brothers. The main character, Foghorn Leghorn, is a rooster, "starring" in...
194
Mglyph@...
Sep 21, 2000 2:39 am
The dissertation I mentioned in my last post is by Margaret Julia Grove. It can be accessed on the web or can be ordered through University Manuscript Inc. in...
