Kathleen Haddon

Kathleen Haddon (1888–1961) was an English zoologist, photographer, and scholar of string-figures. She was the daughter of influential British anthropologist and ethnologist A. C. Haddon; she accompanied her father on a journey along the coast of New Guinea during his Torres Straits Expedition. She married O. H. T. Rishbeth.^[1]

Bibliography

Books

(1901/2010). Cat's Cradles from Many Lands. London: Longmans, Green & Co. ISBN 978-1-177-39789-6.
(1930/1979). Artists in String, String Figures: Their Regional Distribution and Social Significance. London: Methuen & Co. Ltd. ISBN 978-0-404-14127-1.
(1934/2006). String Games for Beginners. ISBN 978-1-4067-9633-9.
(1974). Instant String Games. ISBN 978-0-85179-640-6.

Articles

(1915). "In Papua with a Piece of String", The Chronicle of the London Missionary Society July:140.
(1918). "Some Australian String Figures", Proceedings of the Royal Society of Victoria N.S. 30(2):121-36. Melbourne: Ford & Son.
(1929). "In the Gulf of New Guinea", Country Life 24, 268-70.

Sources

↑ Haddon, K. (1934) String Games for Beginners, p. 1. Cambridge: Heffer. [2006: ISBN 978-1-4067-9633-9.]

String figures

Figures, series, & games	Cat's cradle List of string figures

Enthusiasts, collectors, and scholars	Julia Averkieva Camilla Gryski Kathleen Haddon International String Figure Association Caroline Furness Jayne Honor Maude Rivers & Haddon Mark Sherman

Other	Children's games Knitting Knot Twine Unknot

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