The Pleiades

Collected by Chang Whan from the Karajá Indians of Brazil. The Pleiades or "Seven Sisters" is an open star cluster in the constellation Taurus. Nearly all ancient cultures had a unique name for it and an associated body of folklore. In Japan it was known as Subaru. Today the cluster appears in the automaker's corporate logo.

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Step 2 - 2, from above, removes 5 loop.

5, passing toward you under lower and upper 2 loop, hooks down upper 2n, closing it to the palm.