Earrings

Collected by George Byron Gordon from the Yup'ik people of Mamtrelich, a small village near the mouth of the Kuskokwim River in southwest Alaska. Eskimo (Inuit) women traditionally wore dangling earrings that were made of carved bone or ivory.

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Step-by-Step Video Clips		Written Instructions
1  2  3  4  5  6  all © 2010 ISFA. All rights reserved.		Step 5 - 2 and 3, from the distal or "fingertip" side, pass through the upper pair of loops on 1, then 2 and 3 trap lower 1n (a transverse string) between their tips; 2 and 3 draw the trapped string through the upper loops on 1, then rotate away and up so that the trapped string forms a loop on 2. Release all loops on 1 and extend. Use 1 to tease apart the central tangle.