String games of Northern Queensland and Torres Straits Aborigines, Australia. A design formed by manipulating string on or around one's fingers. The complex patterns created can be made purely for entertainment or can be used to pass on information about tribal legends, or to emphasis practical information concerning things of daily importance, like hunting. From Customs of The World, published 1900.

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String games of Northern Queensland and Torres Straits Aborigines, Australia. A design formed by manipulating string on or around one's fingers. The complex patterns created can be made purely for entertainment or can be used to pass on information about tribal legends, or to emphasis practical information concerning things of daily importance, like hunting. From Customs of The World, published

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