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STRING FIGURES
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TANANA FIGURES
(1) "Bow-String," which comes out like the Osage "Thumb Catch" (p. 350).
(2) "Raven's Feet" (Fig. 825).
(3) "New Mittens," ajakailaiguk (Fig. 826).
(4) "Crow's Feet." The same as the "Leashing of Lochiel's Dogs" (p. 116).
FIGURES KNOWN ONLY FROM THE FINISHED PATTERNS
Before it seemed possible to record the method of making string figures a few observers had collected the finished patterns and either made drawings of them or preserved the actual string figures by fastening them on paper. I have brought together such of these as I could obtain, in the hope that other observers
