- International String Figure Association - http://www.isfa.org/isfa.htm
The ISFA works to gather, preserve, and distribute string figure knowledge for future generations to enjoy this ancient pastime. They have a list of publications, an invitation to become a member, a mailing list, and links to related web sites. Of particular interest are the detailed instructions for making figures collected in 1924 by Diamond Jenness in the Canadian Arctic.
- Rain Forest String Figures From Guyana - http://www.geocities.com/Yosemite/1414/guy.htm
Photographs taken on a canoe trip along the upper Essequibo River in extreme southern Guyana. Some of the Wai Wai and Wapishana guides and boatmen demonstrated a few string figures for the author.
- String Figures - http://www.whimsical-workshop.mb.ca/string.html
Brian Cox, the Incredible Stringman, tells a story called "Going Fishing" illustrated with string figures. Photos and text of his performance.
- Strings On Your Fingers - http://www.gardendigest.com/string/index.htm
Michael P. Garofalo does presentations on string figures art, and performances of string figures, catches, and tricks in Northern California and Southern Oregon. His site has a recommended reading list and bibliography for string figures.
- String Figures and Shamanism - http://www.huna.org/html/string.html
An essay by Lois Stokes, with speculations on the role of string figures in Hawaiian culture.
- Me Human, You Alien - http://www.magicdragon.com/EmeraldCity/extraterrestrials/alien1.html
How to talk to an extraterrestrial, using a handful of coins, a loop of string, a flashlight, and two magnets. This is an excerpt from a book entitled "The Handbook of UFO Contact" by Jonathan Vos Post.
- Yahoo! Groups Stringfigures - http://groups.yahoo.com/group/stringfigures/
Registered members of this group are interested in describing and illustrating string figures for publication on the web at WWW Collection of Favorite String Figures. They are also developing a system of string figure notation (SFN).
- World Wide Webs - String Figures from Around the World - http://www.darsie.net/string/
Richard Darsie's instructions (with photographs) for making a wide variety of string figures popular with native cultures throughout the world, organized by "families" and rated according to difficulty. He provides bibliographical references to sources.
- WWW Collection of Favorite String Figures - http://www.alysion.org/string.htm
Instructions using string figure notation and prose descriptions, along with diagrams and some video clips. Features twelve beginner-level figures, followed by others of increasing difficulty, and a directory of performers.
- Dine String Games - http://dine.sanjuan.k12.ut.us/string_games/
Descriptions and methods for making string figures and tricks known to the Navajo Indians of Arizona.
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