String Figures; a Study of Cat's-Cradle in Many Lands
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Fig. 634. Fig. 635. 278 STRING FIGURES holding the two strings firmly, pull them away from you (Fig. 636), keeping them taut, or sUghtly relaxing them as the movements require, but not letting go imtil told to do so. Third: Bend each thumb down, to hold firmly in place the far thumb string, and draw the hands toward you (Fig. 637) through the wrist loops, keeping the loops securely on the thumbs (Fig. 638). Fig. 636. PYGMY DIAMONDS 279 Fig. 638. 28o STRING FIGURES Fourth : Turn the hands up wit...h the pahns away from you (Fig. 639, Left hand), and slip each hand up through the thumb loop to the wrist (Fig. 639, Right hand). Fifth : With the back of each middle finger pick up, from below, the oblique string passing around the two strings of the wrist loop, and return the middle finger to its former position (Fig. 640). Sixth : Turn the pahns shghtly toward you, and bend each middle finger down over the near middle finger string, and holding the middle finger loop (Fig. 641, Fig. 639. Left hand) tightly in position, draw each hand toward you through the wrist loop, which should be caught in passing on the back of the thumb.
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