W

This figure was obtained by Mr. John L. Cox, at Hampton, Virginia, from Wallace Springer, an Omaha Indian.

Second: Bend each index down and pick up from below, and from the palmar side, the palmar string of the same hand (Fig. 464). Return the index to its position, withdraw the thumbs from the loop and draw the strings tight (Fig. 465).

You now have on each hand: a near index string, a far little finger string and a string passing across the palmar surface of the middle and ring fingers, and behind the index and little fingers.

Third: Opening A, picking up the palmar strings with the middle fingers (Fig. 466).

Fourth: Pass each thumb away from you over the index loop and take up from below on the back of the thumb the near middle finger string (Fig. 467), and return the thumb to its position. Release the loops from the little fingers; separate the hands.

Fifth: Pass each little finger toward you over the far middle finger string and far index string, and pick up from below on the back of the little finger the near index string (Fig. 468), and return the little finger to its position. Release the loops from the thumbs, and draw the strings tight.

Sixth: Pass each thumb away from you over the far index string and the near middle finger string, and pick up from below on the back of the thumb the far middle finger string (Fig. 469). Release the loops from the little fingers and separate the thumbs widely from the other fingers (Fig. 470).

The figure exhibits the "W" when the hands are held in their usual position; it exhibits an M when the hands are turned with the fingers pointing downward.