Navaho   

The following Sub-procedure is well known by the practitioners all over the world. The expression "Navaho" is due to Kathleen Haddon (1888-1961), Alfred Cort Haddon's daughter. In her book "Cat's cradle from many lands", she defines the verb "Navahoing" :
"This movement I refer to as "Navahoing" in account of its frequent occurence among the string figures of Navaho Indians of New mexico, USA."
 See [Haddon, Kathleen 1911, p.5]. 




If
two loops lie on a finger. "Navaho" this finger consists in releasing
the proximal loop. 


In
the example below, we "Navaho" left thumb.










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Two loops lie on L1


      		

      
      
R1 and R2 seize L1n string,... 


      		

    


  










  

    


       Step
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 ... and pass the latter above R1


      		

       Navaho
operation is done

    


  












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