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string figure

elaborating figures with a string by one or more players
Class type of: human activity Q584764
string figure
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Facts

4 properties
Instance of
children's game
Subclass of
human activity[2]
Maintained by WikiProject
WikiProject Mathematics[4]
Practiced by
string figure folklorist[3]
🏷️ Also known as
en cat's cradle en string figure en jack in the pulpit cs Přebírání provázku da Snoreleg de Fadenspiel de Hexenspiel de Abnehmspiel es juego del cordel es figuras de cuerda fa نخ‌بازی fr Figures de ficelle fr Jeu de ficelle he משחק לולאות hu Cérnalevevős játék it Figure di cordicella ja あやとり ja あや取り ja いととり ja ちどり
🔖 Identifiers · 7
GND ID
4153513-3
Freebase ID
/m/01tt_2
JSTOR topic ID (archived)
string-figures
MathWorld ID
StringFigure
NDL Authority ID
00576424
Topic's main category
Category:String figures
Yale LUX ID
concept/e7355938-7b62-4a33-879f-dc4fbc83bf4e
📚 Sources · 1
  • ndl_authorities as of 2026-10-01 · 1 statement · pdl-1.0 data obtained from Web NDL Authorities (National Diet Library)

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Library of Congress Authorities IDP244
sh85129014 2026-10-01 ndl_authorities (pdl-1.0) as of 2026-10-01
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Source
ndl_authorities
Edition
20261001 · as of 2026-10-01 · newer edition 20261103 landed
Licence
pdl-1.0
Credit
data obtained from Web NDL Authorities (National Diet Library)
Bronze
manifest sha256 6e048898660f1188…
Transform
4ort-mint · lake · version not recorded
data obtained from Web NDL Authorities (National Diet Library)
🔗 Connections
Instance of 1
children's game
Maintained by WikiProject 1
WikiProject Mathematics
Subclass of 1
human activity
Subtypes 1
cat's cradle
← FactGrid item ID 1
Łazy Małe, Podlaskie Voivodeship
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Summary

string figure is a children's game[1].

References

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Direct Wikidata claims

  1. [2] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  2. [3] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  3. [4] ↑ . wikidata.org.

Class ancestry

  1. [1] ↑ . Wikidata. wikidata.org.

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