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| Games | Figures with Opening A | Flip |
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Flip
(Jump Over the Fence, Frog)
1. Opening A. 2. 2 removes 1 loop from below. 3. 1 enters lower 2 loop from below, passes to the near side of upper 2n, and hooks it down through lower 2 loop. 4. 1, under intervening strings, picks up 5n. Release 5 loop. 5. Release 1 loop but do not extend. Allow the ends of the former 1 loop to hang down. Be careful not to disturb them in step 6. 6. 1 removes upper 2 loop from below. 2345, over 2 loop, enter 1 loop from above, hooking down 2f, 2n, and 1f. 7. Apply gentle sideways tension to the strings. Gradually lift TV 1n with 2 until the central hanging loops come free and spring back and forth. Notes: The Navajo name for this figure is 'Ats3'niit[oh7 (belly-turn-over). At Many Farms it was also called ‘Frog.’ When two Navajo men showed this figure to Greg Keith they called it ‘Somersault’ (Keith 1994:4-5,9-10). Among the Klamath Indians it represents the setting sun (Jayne 1906:82-84).
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