Excerpt from Anthropological Papers of the American Museum of Natural History, Vol. 12: Part 1: String-Figures From the Patomana Indians of British GuianaOpening A consists in placing the string in Position 1 and taking up the palmar string of the left hand from the proximal side on the dorsum of the right index finger. Then reach between the strings of the right index loop thus formed and take up the palmar string of the right hand from the proximal side on the dorsum of the left index finger.About the PublisherForgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.comThis book is a reproduction of an important historical work. Forgotten Books uses state-of-the-art technology to digitally reconstruct the work, preserving the original format whilst repairing imperfections present in the aged copy. In rare cases, an imperfection in the original, such as a blemish or missing page, may be replicated in our edition. We do, however, repair the vast majority of imperfections successfully, any imperfections that remain are intentionally left to preserve the state of such historical works.