Figure 5.

Net-like diamond patterns are common themes in prehistoric art. Some net-like patterns resemble common string figure structures. Although this does not indicate that these prehistoric patterns represent string figures, they do demonstrate the ancient human visual appeal for such motifs. Left: Ochre stone art found at the Blombos Cave site, South Africa (ca 70 000 BP) (Wikimedia Commons, by Chris S. Henshilwood, CC-BY-SA−4.0). Right: A string figure of the Polynesian Turtle shell class.