Some Figures in String. 143 



Ka-erax (A Y'isitor). 

 1st. Opening A. 

 2nd. Transfer the right index loop to the left index finger. 



Transfer the lower left index loop to the right index finger. 



Stretch. 



This is illustrated in Fig. 6 where it is to be noted that the twistings 

 of the string are not the same as in the finished part of Opening A as 

 shown in Fig. 4. 



Eripsa (A Person Sitting). 

 1st. and 2nd. are as in Ka-erdn above, of which Erepsa is only a 



sequence. 

 3rd. Slip off the loop from the right index finger and hold the right hand 



vertically over the left. 



The Makushis call this " Eripsa " which, as stated in the title, means 

 "a person sitting/' Their idea of these two patterns is that in Ka-erdn a 

 visitor arrives and afterwards (in the second) sits down on one of their 

 low stools which are ordinarily made from the crown of a tree so that the 

 cut trunk forms the seat and three branches cut off short form the legs. 

 The string pattern is shown in Fig. 7, and the stool itself in Fig. 8. 



Kapai-shankara (Palm tree). 

 1st. First Position. 

 2nd. Pass the far left little finger string between the left index and 



thumb, back round the thumb and then between the ring and 



little fingers and round the little finger. 



Pass the far right little finger string between the right index and 

 thumb, back round the thumb and then between the ring and little 

 fingers and round the right little finger. 



3rd. Pass the right index and middle fingers under the two left palmar 

 crossing strings into the large palmar loops, i.e., the right index near 

 the left thumb and the right middle finger near the left little 

 finger, and bring the loops up on the backs of the fingers. Stretch. 

 On the backs of the left index and middle fingers bring up the corres- 

 ponding loops that are on the right hand. 



4th. Slip off from the thumbs the lower loops, that is to say the string 

 that passes directly from one thumb to the other. 



5th. Slip off from the little fingers the lower loops which are formed by 

 the string just loosened. Stretch. 



6th. Exchange the loops on the index and middle fingers on to the 

 opposite hand putting those from the left hand on to the right and 

 then those from the right on to the left. Stretch. 



The hands should be held one vertically over the other. The 

 pattern represents the branches, trunk and roots of a kind of palm tree 

 The figure is shown in Fig. 9. 



