Kwakiutl String Figures

Kwakiutl String Figures
ISBN-10
0774844590
ISBN-13
9780774844598
Pages
233
Language
English
Published
2000
Publisher
UBC Press
Author
Julia P. Averkieva

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Grasp the hanging strings under the middle-ring-little fingers of the right hand, approximately twelve inches from the ... Lay the loop across the left hand so that one of the strings lies across the left wrist and the other string lies ...

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