An Adze
(Inland Northern Alaska)

1.  Make The Little Finger. 1 picks up 2345n.

2.  Push out the two sides of the triangle with 2 (fig. 26a). Release 1 loop.

 

 

 

3.  Pass 1 along the side of 2 and pick up 2f underneath 2n (fig. 26b).

 

 

 

4.  Pass 3 toward you through the central pentagon and close it to palms. R Katilluik, but do not release 2 loops.  Rotate 2 down and then toward the body and up. Touch the tips of the thumbs together and adjust  the strings until the figure resembles fig. 26c.  Release 3 from loops.  The strings between the thumbs represent the handle of the adze and the triangular space below it is the blade.

 

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Fig. 26a

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Fig. 26b

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Fig. 26c