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Finger pulling

Also known as Fingerhakeln

Illustration pattern only. No free-licence photograph yet: can you suggest one?

Two players pull each other across a table by a leather loop on the middle finger.

Heritage note

Part of the living heritage of Austria.

Origins

Usually placed in the era of Modern Heritage (1800 to today), although its exact origins are uncertain, within the cultural world of Northern and Eastern Europe.

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