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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Instructions are from: Maude, H. & C.H. Wedgwood (1967) "String Figures of Northern New Guinea." Oceania 37:202-29.


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