Fish Mouth

Collected by David Nicolai from his Yup'ik Eskimo grandmother, who lives in a small village near Bethel in southwest Alaska. "Fish Mouth" is preceded by a design that represents the two eyes of a fish.

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Step-by-Step Video Clips		Written Instructions
1  2  3  4  5  6  7  all © 2011 ISFA. All rights reserved.		Step 4 - On each hand use 1 and 3 to examine the double strings that run from 2n to 2f: one of these wraps once around 2f; the other wraps twice and becomes a 5n string. 1, from the near side and from below, picks up the string that wraps once around 2f.