A Net

Collected by Ernst Vatter from the Ata Kiwan (mountain people) of the Solor-Alor archipelago, East Indonesia. Vatter failed to collect the native name for this figure. In Japan, where the same method is used, the figure is called "Seven-Meshed Net".

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1   2   3   4   5   6   7   8   all   © 2009 ISFA. All rights reserved.		Step 6 - Release double loop on 5. Rotate 2 away and up, thus hooking up the far strings of the double triangle (in the process the original 2 loop slips off); extend with palms facing away.