A Trail

Collected by Frederick W. Waugh from the Innu (Montagnais-Naskapi) people of Quebec, Canada. The zigzag design in this figure represents the tracks left behind by a person wearing snowshoes.

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Step 4 - Keeping L5 firmly closed over the L palmar string, and L3 firmly pressed against L4 to secure the single L23 loop, Navajo the five L234 loops over the single L23 loop (use L1 to lift them off or simply shake them off).

Close L4 and L23 to the L palm to secure the strings that cross their palmar surfaces.