The Woman Who Walks a Lot

Collected by Camilla Wedgwood from the people of Northern New Guinea. In this action figure a woman wearing a grass skirt walks back and forth as she completes her daily chores.

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Written Instructions

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Step 4 - Release 3 loop, allowing it to hang loosely.

2, 3, 4, and 5, from above, enter the loop on 1 and close 1f to the palm.

Extend with fists pointing away from you.

You have a woman wearing a grass skirt, represented by two hanging loops that are trapped between the lower frame string and a third hanging loop which acts as a noose.