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String figure
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<p>A string figure is a <a href="/facts/Design/kR4GNeja">design</a> formed by manipulating <a href="/facts/Twine/xdhRmJlG">string</a> on, around, and using one's <a href="/facts/Finger/v2gDEpbp">fingers</a> or sometimes between the fingers of multiple people. String figures may also involve the use of the mouth, wrist, and feet. They may consist of singular images or be created and altered as a <a href="/facts/Game/JNzato20">game</a>, known as a string game, or as part of a <a href="/facts/Narrative/RIVoxJpV">story</a> involving various figures made in sequence (string story). String figures have also been used for <a href="/facts/Divination/b8gLkFfv">divination</a>, such as to predict the sex of an unborn child. </p><p>A popular string game is <a href="/facts/Cat%2527s_cradle/XEzjqqXT">cat's cradle</a>, but many string figures are known in many places under different names, and string figures are well distributed throughout the world. </p>