. Report of the Canadian Arctic Expedition 1913-18. Scientific expeditions. Eskimo String Figures 33 B With the thumb and index of each hand spread apart the two upper trans- verse strings. You have "a closed ; Say upkweyin, "open the door," and drop the left little finger loop. The figure disappears—"the door" is Fig. 28 SUBSECTION C. MISCELLANEOUS FIGURES WIDELY DISTRIBUTED XXIII. Two Tot Labeets This figure is made in two stages. An Eskimo from Nome and another from Port Clarence knew the first stage only, and called it tutdnokin^; "your two to
. Report of the Canadian Arctic Expedition 1913-18. Scientific expeditions. Eskimo String Figures 33 B With the thumb and index of each hand spread apart the two upper trans- verse strings. You have "a closed ; Say upkweyin, "open the door," and drop the left little finger loop. The figure disappears—"the door" is Fig. 28 SUBSECTION C. MISCELLANEOUS FIGURES WIDELY DISTRIBUTED XXIII. Two Tot Labeets This figure is made in two stages. An Eskimo from Nome and another from Port Clarence knew the first stage only, and called it tutdnokin^; "your two toy ; The Mackenzie river natives called it tutaqpdc-idk, "two big labrets," while in Coronation gulf, where labrets. are unknown, it was called tuatuayatddk, which was said to mean "two small ; The second stage I found only at Barrow and among the inland natives of North Alaska. Opening A. With the thumbs from the proximal side raise the ulnar little finger strings, then from the distal side, with the backs of the thumbs, take up the radial little finger strings and drop the index loops. Now the Barrow and Inland natives chant as fast as they are able: tutanokm^ lyiaqpaym Your two toy labrets have you finished them before me? qayatdafjdnun&ylan Right up to their conclusion (?). Please note that these images are extracted from scanned page images that may have been digitally enhanced for readability - coloration and appearance of these illustrations may not perfectly resemble the original Canadian Arctic Expedition (1913-1918). Ottawa, F. A. Acland, Printer to the King
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