. Report of the Canadian Arctic Expedition 1913-18. Scientific expeditions. Eskimo String Figures 167 b _ Return, then pass the thumb over the ulnar index string and take up similarly the two ulnar little finger strings. Drop the loop on the left little finger and transfer to it on the proximal side of all the strings the left thumb loops. Drop the left index loop and with the indices and thumbs spread apart the two upper transverse strings. You have "the door" beside which "the orphan boy" was wont to Fig. 219 The story runs that an orphan boy was ill-treated by the
. Report of the Canadian Arctic Expedition 1913-18. Scientific expeditions. Eskimo String Figures 167 b _ Return, then pass the thumb over the ulnar index string and take up similarly the two ulnar little finger strings. Drop the loop on the left little finger and transfer to it on the proximal side of all the strings the left thumb loops. Drop the left index loop and with the indices and thumbs spread apart the two upper transverse strings. You have "the door" beside which "the orphan boy" was wont to Fig. 219 The story runs that an orphan boy was ill-treated by the inmates of the house in which he lived. His place was just inside the door and he was not allowed to go farther in. The others threw him scraps of food when they were eating. There he was always sitting in his corner, with his arms withdrawn from the sleeves of his coat and pressed against his body to keep them warm, while his knees were tucked up toward his chin and covered with the bottom of his coat. At last he grew old enough to take care of himself and went away. The chant runs: upkwaqtuyeyq upkwaqtuyeyq liken-ane upkwaqtuyeyq upkwajeqtoyin qanoyumi upkwayeqpit ciq'oak-a qumiyik-a upkurituriturituri Door-closer (?) (the boy's name). Door-closer who stays over there, Door-closer, shut the door. Why don't you shut the door? My knees I have covered with my coat. (The boy going away). At the last words drop the right little finger loops. The Inland Eskimos chant: ukuyeqcuayoq (three times) nunmun ukuyeyayavit ikuya-a Name of a small bird (?) Whither are you going? Over there (dropping the right little fin- ger loop). The natives did not know the meaning of the word ukuyeqcuayoq, but one of them conjectured that it was the name of a small bird. The second figure is produced in the same way, only at the last drop the right little finger loop instead of the left, and remove the left thumb loop to that little Please note that these images are extracted from scanned page i
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