A Doca

Collected by Odina Sturzenegger from Los Tobas Indians of El Colchón, Chaco, Argentina. The design represents the unripe fruit of the milkweed vine (Morrenia odorata), which the Indians eat either raw or cooked. The green oval fruit is bisected on one side by a deep crevice, which is represented in the string figure by six parallel lines.

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Step 6 - With R1 and R2 draw out the strings that cross the backs of L2 and L3 to form short loops.

R2, from above, removes the L2 loop, while R3, from above, removes the L3 loop; extend.