however, this theory falls to the ground
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a marker of the same white cotton
(detail, tabular description of string record 1 (Nicola Valley), rotated 90º CW)
J. D. Leechman and M. R. Harrington. String Records of the Northwest. Indian Notes and Monographs 16 (1921)
Indiana University copy, digitized May 7, 2009
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epigram p 6
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about 180 feet in length... tied into more than 6,600 simple knots. 9
Then follow five feet of string without knots, bringing the record to an end. 47
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Three other copies available via archive.org —
Smithsonian, University of Toronto and (opening
here to same page), University of California.
tags:
ends and means; falling; knots; theories; waves
J. D. Leechman and M. R. Harrington, String Records of the Northwest (1921)