. Report of the Canadian Arctic Expedition 1913-18. Scientific expeditions. Eskimo String Figures 99 b There are two strings which run vertically from the upper transverse string to the middle on the proximal side of the strings, and two others which run from upper to lower transverse strings on the distal side. The Indian point natives took up the former with the right index and the latter with the left index; the Mackenzie natives took up the latter with the palm of the left thumb and grasped the former with the left thumb and index. All the other loops were dropped and the strings drawn tau
. Report of the Canadian Arctic Expedition 1913-18. Scientific expeditions. Eskimo String Figures 99 b There are two strings which run vertically from the upper transverse string to the middle on the proximal side of the strings, and two others which run from upper to lower transverse strings on the distal side. The Indian point natives took up the former with the right index and the latter with the left index; the Mackenzie natives took up the latter with the palm of the left thumb and grasped the former with the left thumb and index. All the other loops were dropped and the strings drawn taut. The Indian point natives thereby had the left index caught in a noose, speared, the Mackenzie natives the right thumb. LXXXIV. Two Frozen Cakibou Tongues This figure is known to the Eskimos of Indian point, Siberia, under the name of tamaiyaqumaiya, which was said to be the name of a man and mean "one ; A Mackenzie native called it oqak qeqeyak, "two frozen caribou ; It is a slight variation of the preceding figure. Proceed as in the last figure (No. LXXXIII), but instead of interchanging the middle finger loops on the proximal side of all the strings, make this move- ment on the distal side. At this stage the Indian point natives chanted: tamaiyaqumaiya The chewer, the chewer. tdmaiyaqumaiya-a-a tamnni wqaya Here he dropped it from his Fig. 121 At the word wqaya drop the thumb and index loops; the food drops from his mouth, as typified by the two loops that fall down. These two loops to the Mackenzie natives represent "the two frozen caribou ; ' 72754—71. 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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