Mark Allen Sherman of Pasadena, California is a
biochemist (PhD) and prominent
string figure enthusiast. His editing and writing led to the publishing of ''Kwakiutl String Figures'' by
Julia Averkieva, "the most comprehensive Native American string figure collection ever assembled from a single
tribe
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," (or
nation
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) the
Kwakwaka'wakw. He founded ISFA Press in 1993, co-edited and illustrated ''String Figure Magazine'' from 1996 to 2005, and has been editor of the ''Bulletin of the
International String Figure Association'', which he founded, since 1994.
Bulletin of the International String Figure Association
,
, ''ISFA.org''.
See also
*List of string figures
The following is a list of string figures, various figures which can be made using a loop of string, and which occur in games such as cat's cradle
Cat's cradle is a game involving the creation of various string figures between the fingers, ...
Sources
Living people
American biochemists
String figures
Year of birth missing (living people)
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