There was a problem when proofreading this page.
306
STRING FIGURES
and each thumb away from you over the far thumb string (Fig. 7oo), and, holding these strings down, you let the other strings slip off the thumbs and index fingers.
An image should appear at this position in the text. To use the entire page scan as a placeholder, edit this page and replace "{{missing image}}" with "{{raw image|String Figures and How to Make Them.djvu/347}}". Otherwise, if you are able to provide the image then please do so. For guidance, see Wikisource:Image guidelines and Help:Adding images. |
An image should appear at this position in the text. To use the entire page scan as a placeholder, edit this page and replace "{{missing image}}" with "{{raw image|String Figures and How to Make Them.djvu/347}}". Otherwise, if you are able to provide the image then please do so. For guidance, see Wikisource:Image guidelines and Help:Adding images. |
Now turn the hands with the palms down, and separate the thumbs widely from the index fingers, and the "Brush House" is formed (Fig. 701).
This is a very pretty figure and many of the movements are novel; the Sixth is of particular interest because it is just the reverse of the usual "Navaho movement," the thumb and index loops being drawn through the loop common to both thumb and index.