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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 Step 6 - To make the woman walk to the right, repeatedly tug on R1n with the right hand so that the upper and lower frame strings flow clockwise as the figure is worked.

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