DEAD

 

Dead man in
a tree

COLLECTED BY
Daniel Sutherland
Davidson

(Aboriginal Australian
string figures
Philadelphia 1941
        140 pp
        (764-904))

 

     Long loop

    WARNING
    Put the loop on the head can
    be dangerous.
 
 

  A. Position 1 on L hand.

  B. R1 and R2 catch L1n
       and draw it below the chin,
       then over the head and
       again, below the chin.

  C. Repeat this encircling
       movement, until a little
       string remains.

  D. Position 1 also on R hand.

  E. The mouth bouche bites 5f.
       The both hands pull down,
       the strings encircling the
       head, between the hands.

     The dead man fall from
       the tree.

  F. Release 1.

FUNERAL NECKLACE

 

  G. 1 removes from below the loop,
       held by the mouth.
       Extend.

       They buried him.